Re: automatically call functions based on arguments

[snip]

if you really have macros replace 4) with:

4) create a list with the name of the function/macro as an element
5) call EVAL with the list as an argument


Yeah, I hadn't thought about EVAL. So actually call-function can be a
function AND invoke macros. You could even use EVAL to build a lambda
calling your macro, as in (eval '(lambda () (my-macro-call))), and
then compile, cache or do whatewer you want with your lambda.

cheers
AS

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