The Perl and Raku Conference 2024 in Las Vegas

Bending source filters into a reliable mechanism =)# Fun with Macros

Macros are a killer feature of Lisp many have longed for Perl ...

... in fact, it has been possible for a long time to expand and "inline" a function at compile time.

All you need to do is to pair the import mechanism with a source filter so you can insert code cleanly without stepping into the usual trap of source filters.

Coupling that with Keyword::Simple you even have a macro mechanism at hand that works without a "use" statement.

To demonstrate the benefits, we will present various elegant solutions for DSLs, object models, and runtime optimization.

This is an extended and updated version of [my talk at European PerlCon 2019 in Riga](https://perlcon.eu/talk/97)Audience: All["Perl", "macros inlining source-filter inc-hooks", "macros", "inlining", "source-filter", "INC-hooks"]