embedded markup syntax

[Francois-Rene Rideau <address@hidden>]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 01:27:25PM -0400, Bruce Lewis wrote:
> However, this particular syntax would still be named brl-when.

What about using a syntax like
]:(when (> foo 1)) this text conditionally emitted[
Or even
]:when (> foo 1)|this text conditionally emitted[
To limit the number of nested constructs?

In Scribble (extended Scribe syntax for CL), I implemented the first form.
It saves nesting of syntax, and for unary operators,
it even saves parentheses:
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