I like this. While I've not battled to identify the difference since beginning with Elixir, muscle memory from other languages means I regularly have to stop myself typing 'strings'.
I hope single quotes will be used for strings alongside double quotes. Is that part of this proposal? Andrew > On 22 Sep 2016, at 19:39, Jim Freeze <jimfre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've never had a problem with distinguishing between 'foo' and "foo", even as > a newby. > > But, my question is, when '' is deprecated, will that mean that 'foo' is a > syntax error? > > Jim > > >> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 12:03 PM, José Valim >> <jose.va...@plataformatec.com.br> wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I have mentioned a couple times we would start a discussion for deprecating >> 'single quotes as char lists' from the language. >> >> The use of single quotes to specify something that looks like a string but >> isn't really a string is often a source confusion. This is specially >> frustrating given the expectation brought from other languages where double >> and single quoted strings can be used almost interchangeably. >> >> We already have a quite decent way of writing char lists, which is by using >> sigils: ~c"foo". For new developers, printing a char list as a ~c"foo" will >> likely give them better clues the type is not the same as "foo". >> >> Of course we should not drive decisions based purely on the getting started >> experience but I believe the sigil approach will be clearer for beginner and >> advanced programmers alike. >> >> The plan is not to deprecate them now but rather in the long term. Something >> like this: >> >> 1. Elixir v1.4 will inspect 'abc' as ~c"abc" >> 2. Elixir v1.6 will effectively deprecate 'abc' >> 3. Elixir v2.0 "who knows when" will remove single-quotes >> >> Thoughts? >> >> José Valim >> www.plataformatec.com.br >> Skype: jv.ptec >> Founder and Director of R&D >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "elixir-lang-core" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4%2BX9q9SAZjj4otmbjXRBhJyvQk0r%3D8pERwtrFcAczGNPQ%40mail.gmail.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Dr. Jim Freeze, Ph.D. > (m) 512 949 9683 > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAP1mN_xgfFm2Hueem407k994wAGnCvEupWRkOey8SCJnGPT6Jg%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/ABC56812-F975-40A3-B3B6-A72130EF0050%40andrewtimberlake.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
