[CM] Snd 10.8

[Heinrich Taube]

yes, what i expected is that a macro get processed (expanded) when the  
lambda that contains it gets READ by s7, ie when 'define' process the  
(lambda ...) expr  before assigning it to the variable. for example  
here is clisp. it might be the compiler that does it in this case (not  
sure) but i dont think you need to compile to expand a macro one time

$ clisp
[1]> (defmacro foo (&rest args) (format t "macroexpanding foo!~%")  
`(list , at args))
FOO
[2]> (defun bar (a b c)
   (foo a b c))
macroexpanding foo!
BAR
[3]> (bar 1 2 3)
(1 2 3)
[4]> (bar 1 2 3)
(1 2 3)

>>
>> I'm pretty sure this is the common behavior for lisp interpreters.
>
> Sorry, that's probably not true.
> Guile only expands the first time. (even doing it twice, looks  
> like...)
>