Re: [Caml-list] Again on pattern matching and strings

[Daniel de Rauglaudre <daniel.de_rauglaudre@inria.fr>]

Hi,

On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 09:43:53AM +0200, Alessandro Baretta wrote:
> 
> So yes: CamlP4 can do it. Since I don't want to reinvent the wheel,
> has anyone written--and documented for the syntax laymen--such an
> extension?

I have been thinking to implement that. Proposing a syntax extension
to make macros with Camlp4 (in this case, you don't have to write
Camlp4 code, but just use the extension file). I propose that syntax:
     DEFMACRO <ident> <(optional-parameters)> = <expression/pattern>

where <expression/pattern> is input text which can be interpreted as
expression or pattern (variables, constants, constructors, records).

In this case, the <ident> is added as keyword in the grammar,
evaluated at parse time, transformed into the <expression/pattern>
depending on its position. The possible parameters are possibly
substituted by their actual value in the expression pattern.

We can have also:
     UNDEFMACRO <ident>

To remove it from the grammar.

Would it be OK? General enough? Other propositions?

-- 
Daniel de RAUGLAUDRE
http://cristal.inria.fr/~ddr/
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