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Clojure-style auto-gensyms for macros

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From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
To: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 76132 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#76132: Clojure-style auto-gensyms for macros
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 09:32:54 +0100

Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I prefer a hat ^ prefix as it is easier to read, rather than a dollar
> $ suffix which seems muddled to my eye.

I don't mind what character to use (the macro could even take it as an
argument) but I'd prefer using a suffix simply because there's already
the special prefix _ indicating to the byte-compiler that this variable
is not used intentionally.  You might want to use that capability when
your macro expands to a function which needs to have a certain signature
but your implementation doesn't use all arguments, for example.

Bye,
Tassilo

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