(defmacro- =dude "sets any symbolic expression to the atom :what?" [a] ~(var a :what?)) # => (=dude 2) # => :what? (=dude :2) # => :what? (=dude 2) # => :what? (=dude "2") # => :what? (=dude @"2") # => :what? (=dude @[2]) # => :what? (=dude (2)) # => :what? (=dude @(2)) # => :what? (=dude @{2 3}) # => :what? (doc =dude) # => macro # => repl on line 59, column 1 # => # => (=dude a) # => nil # Macro expanding the =dude macro: (macex (=dude 2)) # => :what? (macex1 (=dude 2)) # => :what? # Macros have to be quoted in order to expand (macex ~(=dude 2)) # => (var a :what?) (macex1 ~(=dude 2)) # => (var a :what?) (macex ~(=dude @{2 3})) # => (var a :what?)