On: Feature Macros, an Alternative to Feature Expressions in Clojure

[jballanc]

It seems to me that Feature Macros will be trivially implementable as a library once Feature Expressions land:

    #+clj (def *host* :clj)
    #+cljs (def *host* :cljs)

[michaniskin → jballanc]

They're trivially implementable without feature expressions, as we demonstrated with our 20 lines of code.

[jballanc → michaniskin]

Right, but if feature expressions are part of "Clojure the language" then feature macros can be implemented as a library. The reverse wouldn't work. Ergo, as attractive as I find feature macros, I think this argues that feature expressions are more "fundamental" and therefore deserving to be part of the core language.

[smrtinsert → michaniskin]

Except on Windows due to Boots current lack of support.

[wooby → smrtinsert]

The proposal is not dependent on boot, only our demonstration of it is.