DIP 50 - AST macros

[Timon Gehr]

On 11/18/2013 11:09 PM, Dicebot wrote:
> On Monday, 18 November 2013 at 21:09:26 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>> On 2013-11-18 16:59, Dicebot wrote:
>>
>>> Anything that allows it routinely should be banned whenever macros are
>>> accepted or not. Modifying existing "normal" symbols = no way.
>>
>> The whole point of macros is to modify symbols. Turning this:
>>
>> auto p = Person.where(q => q.name == "John");
>>
>> To an SQL query.
>
> You don't need to modify actual input lambda for this to become SQL
> query. I fully support macros as convenient way for AST reflection and
> related code generation but not a single step further. Changing
> semantics of existing valid piece of code is never worth it.

So you oppose macro attributes?