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If Odin Had Macros

I sometimes get asked if Odin has any plans to add hygienic macros or some other similar construct. My general, and now (in)famous, answer is to many such questions is: No. I am not against macros nor metaprogramming in general, and in fact I do make metaprograms quite often (i.e. programs that make/analyse a program). However my approach with the design of Odin has been extremely pragmatic. I commonly ask people who ask for such things what are they specifically trying to solve? Usually they are not trying to do anything whatsoever and are just thinking about non-existent hypotheticals. However, in the cases when people are trying to do something that they believe they need a macro for, Odin usually has a different approach to doing it and it is usually much better and more suited for the specific need of the problem.

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