Stepping Through Macros in CIDER

This is another installment in the series of articles about the notable changes in CIDER 2.0 . Today’s topic is one of those “ambitious ideas that lay dormant for ages” I keep mentioning: proper interactive macro stepping. The Dream CIDER has had macroexpansion support practically forever - C-c C-m expands the form before point into a dedicated buffer, a feature we inherited spiritually from SLIME. It works, but it has always felt a bit… detached. The expansion lives in another buffer, divorc...