[cl-interpol-devel] Re: CL-INTERPOL - String interpolation for Common Lisp

[Edi Weitz]

Hi Mac,

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:44:24 -0800, "Mac Chan" <emailmac at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know this go against the project name CL-INTERPOL, but I have
> always found myself using a quote operator where you can quote
> anything verbatim inside (including escape character backslash)
>
> '\' => \
>
> instead of
>
> '\\' => \
>
> This way I can easily include javascripts, xml and whatnot in my
> program by just copy and pasting.
>
> I'm thinking about adding a character q or s (stand for strict
> quote, no interpolation) to specify this mode.
>
> #?q
>
> or
>
> #?s
>
> It's only couple lines of code and I already have it done.
>
> I was wondering if you mind I submit this as a patch to CL-INTERPOL
> so other people can make use of it and I have one less file to
> include in my projects (I use most of your fine bsd licensed
> libraries).

[Cc to mailing list.]

That's fine with me (I'd suggest "q" and not "s"), but please make
sure your patch adheres to the conditions I've listed at the end of
this email:

  http://common-lisp.net/pipermail/tbnl-devel/2007-January/000940.html

Thanks in advance,
Edi.