> On Mar 10, 2021, at 5:19 PM, John Rose <john.r.r...@oracle.com> wrote: > > On Mar 10, 2021, at 11:29 AM, Guy Steele <guy.ste...@oracle.com> wrote: >> >> Let me suggest this alternative: >> >> Pattern: >> : ConditionalOrPattern >> : ConditionalAndPattern `&&` Guard > > Clever. Too bad we can’t do this for expressions too. > >>> Guard: >>> : AssignmentExpression >> >> Yes, “AssignmentExpression” is the right thing here.
Duh. > Please see my previous objection: I think the looseness > of AssignmentExpression leads to even worse puzzlers > than the ones you are addressing above. > Actually, we had essentially the same idea for improving the grammar, but each of us spotted just one of the two problems. (Are there more?) You put it best: we should avoid uselessly enabling more puzzlers.
