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Clojure

(ns koans.24-macros
(:require [koan-engine.core :refer :all]))
(defmacro hello [x]
(str "Hello, " x))
(defmacro infix [form]
(list (second form) (first form) (nth form 2)))
(defmacro infix-concise [form]
`(~(second form) ; Note the syntax-quote (`) and unquote (~) characters!
~(first form)
~(nth form 2)))
(defmacro recursive-infix [form]
(cond (not (seq? form))
form
(= 1 (count form))
`(recursive-infix ~(first form))
:else
(let [operator (second form)
first-arg (first form)
others (drop 2 form)]
`(~operator
(recursive-infix ~first-arg)
(recursive-infix ~others)))))
(meditations
"Macros are like functions created at compile time"
(= "Hello, Macros!" (hello "Macros!"))
"I can haz infix?"
(= (+ 9 1) (infix (9 + 1)))
"Remember, these are nothing but code transformations"
(= '(+ 9 1) (macroexpand '(infix (9 + 1))))
"You can do better than that - hand crafting FTW!"
(= '(* 10 2) (macroexpand '(infix-concise (10 * 2))))
"Things don't always work as you would like them to... "
(= '(+ 10 (2 * 3)) (macroexpand '(infix-concise (10 + (2 * 3)))))
"Really, you don't understand recursion until you understand recursion"
(= 36 (recursive-infix (10 + (2 * 3) + (4 * 5)))))