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1 point by shader 5981 days ago | link | parent

Pardon my ignorance, but what is anaphora as it relates to macros?


2 points by almkglor 5981 days ago | link

It's a macro which automagically binds a name. For example, 'afn:

  (afn ()
    (your-code))
  =>
  (let self nil
    (= self
      (fn ()
        (your-code))))
Or aif:

  (aif x
    (your-code))
  =>
  (let it x
    (if it
      (your-code)))

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