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1 point by shader 5671 days ago | link | parent

Arc uses vectors to implement tagged procedures. Type the name of a macro in on the repl, and it displays a vector:

  arc> def
  #3(tagged mac #<procedure:.../arc/arc.arc.scm:151:11>)
That's a vector with 3 elements: tagged, mac, and a procedure.

Arc doesn't currently let you construct or manipulate your own vectors, but they could be used to provide transparent meta-data attached to functions and variables, such as where they were defined, and what the source code was that did so.