Re: Proposal to close ISSUE-28 stating that macros are outside of the high-level language

I don't think that this is what ISSUE-28 is about.  My reading of ISSUE-28 is
not whether macros are in the core language, but whether they expand into core
language constructs or not.

peter


On 07/27/2015 04:44 PM, Holger Knublauch wrote:
> This ticket [1] was supposed to help us draw the lines between core and
> extension languages. I believe we have made progress in the meantime and can
> close this ticket stating that Macros are outside of the Core language (as
> also argued by Arthur [2]). Macros can be used to define new high-level
> language terms, and core properties such as sh:valueShape may reference
> newly-defined macros outside of the core, yet the mechanisms to define new
> macros (sh:Template etc) are outside of the core.
> 
> Holger
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/2014/data-shapes/track/issues/28
> [2] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-data-shapes-wg/2015Apr/0041.html
> 
>

Received on Tuesday, 28 July 2015 14:45:05 UTC