Subject: Re: Macros From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no> Date: 12 Aug 2002 18:23:14 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3238165394875049@naggum.no> * "Thomas Stegen CES2000" <tho_stegen@hotmail.com> | But in the end it showed me that macros and functions aren't that | different. I thought that (defmacro madd () (+ 5 10)) would return '(+ 5 | 10). That it does not, seems like a good thing to me. Not to belabor the obvious, but it occurred to me that you need write (defmacro madd () `(+ 5 10)) to make it return the list (+ 5 10). Note the backquote/grave, but you could have used a simple ' in this case. If you want it to return '(+ 5 10), you actually have write (defmacro madd () ''(+ 5 10)) -- Erik Naggum, Oslo, Norway Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder.