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<h1>Macro Composition</h1>
<h2>Glyph</h2>
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<p>Glyph macros can be <em>composed</em> with other using the <code>/</code> character. Macro composition can be used instead of nesting, provided that macro containers (also called <em>dispatchers</em> in certain situations) take only one parameter and no attributes.</p>
<p>For example, the following code:</p>
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<div class="code"><pre><span class="no">1</span> ?[
<span class="no">2</span> not[output?[pdf]]|
<span class="no">3</span> ...
<span class="no">4</span> ]</pre></div>
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<p>Can be written like this:</p>
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<div class="code"><pre><span class="no">1</span> ?[
<span class="no">2</span> not/output?[pdf]|
<span class="no">3</span> ...
<span class="no">4</span> ]</pre></div>
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<p>In this case, the <a href="/glyph/book/macros/macros_core.html#m_not"><code>not</code></a> macro was composed with the <a href="/glyph/book/macros/macros_core.html#m_output_"><code>output?</code></a> macro, thus removing one level of nesting.</p>
<p>Composition can be useful to simplify complex Glyph macro constructs, but also for <em>macro dispatching</em>. Currently, Glyph supports two <em>dispatchers</em>:</p>
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<li>The <a href="/glyph/book/macros/macros_core.html#m_s"><code>s</code></a> macro, used to call almost any method of the Ruby String class.</li>
<li>The <a href="/glyph/book/macros/macros_core.html#m_xml"><code>xml</code></a> macro, used to render raw <span class="caps">XML</span> tags.</li>
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