In one of the really long-running issues I realize with the force of a pan-galactic gargleblaster that unquotes are holes, not "first-class Qnodes".
In another issue somewhere talking about traversal, I wonder out loud how this will affect traversing quasis, now that they "contain" holes which are not really "there". As I recall it, I provide the question but no satisfactory answer.
Meanwhile, in Bel, I'm asking to add this test in order to properly test a (fairly horrible) behavior that stems from unquotes in Bel being first-class AST objects, and "unhygienic" ones at that, not in any way connected to the surrounding quasiquote in which they were used. (And that is why Bawden insists quote interpolation should be part of the reader, to avoid such a disconnect/spooky action at a distance.)
I'm still not claiming to have any ready answers. (As usual, this is brain-melty.) But I think focusing on Bawden's stance (and the example in https://github.com/masak/bel/issues/427) might help clarify what Alma can do and (maybe) should do in this case.
In one of the really long-running issues I realize with the force of a pan-galactic gargleblaster that unquotes are holes, not "first-class Qnodes".
In another issue somewhere talking about traversal, I wonder out loud how this will affect traversing quasis, now that they "contain" holes which are not really "there". As I recall it, I provide the question but no satisfactory answer.
Meanwhile, in Bel, I'm asking to add this test in order to properly test a (fairly horrible) behavior that stems from unquotes in Bel being first-class AST objects, and "unhygienic" ones at that, not in any way connected to the surrounding quasiquote in which they were used. (And that is why Bawden insists quote interpolation should be part of the reader, to avoid such a disconnect/spooky action at a distance.)
I'm still not claiming to have any ready answers. (As usual, this is brain-melty.) But I think focusing on Bawden's stance (and the example in https://github.com/masak/bel/issues/427) might help clarify what Alma can do and (maybe) should do in this case.