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
Really, why do we need a _body_ ?
We have pre-condition and post-condition (in and out), everything
else is a body.
It is simply inconsistent - a regular function with no in and out
blocks has no body block. Now one adds a pre-condition (and / or
post-condition) - whoop - one needs to wrap the whole function
body ... well in a body expression.
