A meta-circular language for active libraries
Marco Servetto, Elena Zucca · 2013
We present a new Java-like language design coupling disciplined meta-programming features with a composition language. That is, programmers can write meta expressions that combine class definitions, on top of a small set of composition operators, inspired by the seminal Bracha's Jigsaw framework. Moreover, such operators are deep, that is, they allow manipulation (e.g., renaming or duplication) of a nested class at any level of depth.