On Tuesday, 16 May 2017 at 19:25:25 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer
wrote:
On 5/16/17 2:48 PM, Eugene Wissner wrote:
On Tuesday, 16 May 2017 at 18:34:06 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer
wrote:
1) Consistency with functions without contracts.
This only applies to the "naked" version which has ugly }{ in
it. The other options people are asking about are replacing
body with a keyword, which I think you agree would be bad for
consistency?
Yeah, I think function or something else is a worse alternative.
Better leave body as is than replace it with another word. I can
name my variables body_ if I need.
2) I wouldn't like to have body optional because: it
introduces an
additional style guide rule: there will be people who will
omit it and
people who will say: explicitely is better, always use body.
Currently, body is required. It would still be required. Just
not a keyword. I'm specifically asking if just removing the
'keyword-ness' of it is not doable for some reason.
Note: body is optional for non-contract functions (yes, void
foo() body { } is valid). I don't see a rash of people
promoting having body there.
I wasn't aware of it. Mea culpa.
3) Syntax highlighting: Editors that work with regex will mark
body in
all contexts as a keyword.
This is a solved problem. Create a C# file, then write 'get' or
'set' somewhere that's not inside a property, and see if it's
highlighted differently.
4) I know body isn't reserved anywhere, I can use it without
thinking
abot the contexts (good for new comers who may think body is a
reserved
keyword if it is used as such in some contexts).
I think maybe you misunderstand what I was asking.
-Steve
What I meant If I read a documentation on dlang.org that some
identifier is reserved for some purpose I automatically think it
can't be used as variable name. I don't want to check the list of
reserved keywords every time I doubt. The same I never named my
variables linux or Windows because they are used in version
blocks. I have never tested if I can name my variable linux or
Windows. Don't know if it makes sense.
