I don't think that moving the evaluation to compile time is something you can just ignore when discussing macros.
Sure but you've also got CTFE in languages that lack a proper macro system such as C++. The defining characteristic (IMO) is the access to and ease of manipulating the AST on the fly. And any time you're outputting an AST you're going to need access to the compiler at which point the line between run time and compile time becomes blurred and arbitrarily nested.
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Sure but you've also got CTFE in languages that lack a proper macro system such as C++. The defining characteristic (IMO) is the access to and ease of manipulating the AST on the fly. And any time you're outputting an AST you're going to need access to the compiler at which point the line between run time and compile time becomes blurred and arbitrarily nested.