27Oct00
Procedural Macros for Java
Bachrach and Playford
Grammar Extension Macros
•“Programmable Syntax Macros”
• by Weise and Crew and
•“Growing Languages with Metamorphic Syntax Macros”
• by Brabrand and Schwartzbach
•Harder to understand rules
•Introduce global reserve words
•More awkward to write complicated macros
•Type checkable
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Lack of procedural power