Am 05.10.2016 um 05:04 schrieb ketmar:
On Wednesday, 5 October 2016 at 02:11:14 UTC, Meta wrote:
I'm currently writing up a DIP to propose removing `body` as a keyword
to allow it to be used for variable names, functions, etc. I'm looking
for examples and contexts where `body` would normally be used as a
variable, function name, alias, etc. This is what I have come up with
off the top of my head:
- In web programming where "body" is a required tag in any valid HTML
document. Ex:
- It is a name commonly used for XML tags and/or attributes
- Physics simulations as well in astronomical contexts ("planetary
bodyies", etc.)
- Video games, such as referring to the player character's body
i think you covered most of the cases. as for me, it is more than
enough. as for my cases, physics engines suffers most: it is *so*
natural to use "body" field/variable there... and so annoying to always
add ugly "_" suffix.
+1 to physics, but I also hit it frequently when writing
compilers/parsers (function, loop bodies etc.) and other programming
language related libraries (scripting interfaces/wrappers).
