On-Demand Macros issue

[Fran=?utf-8?B?w6c=?=ois Laupretre]

> From: Bryan Loniewski [mailto:brylon at jla.rutgers.edu] 
> 
> Would others find this useful if a patch is applied?
> 
> >        command_line    $USER2$/foo $HOSTADDRESS:$ARG1$$ # Where 
> > $ARG1$=some_host_name

Unfortunately, as the macro starting and ending tags are the same ($), I
think that you cannot implement such an extension in an unambiguous way.
Here is an example:

If you get :

$HOSTADDRESS:pre$ARG1$post$

It is impossible to choose between :

	($HOSTADDRESS:pre$)ARG1($post$)
And	($HOSTADDRESS:pre($ARG1$)post$)

And it is still harder if you get something like
'$HOSTADDRESS:pre$ARG1$ARG2$'.

To conclude, unless you define some new tags for macro expansion, I think
that this extension is not possible. And defining some new tags would bring
many compatibility problems.
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