On May 21, 2011, at 9:50 AM, Peter Michaux wrote:
> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 7:43 AM, Brendan Eich <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On May 20, 2011, at 9:55 PM, Peter Michaux wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Brendan Eich <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> An essential part of this proposal is a paren-free call syntax
>>>
>>> Why is that essential?
>
>> When I wrote essential, I was not claiming that there's a logical proof of
>> necessity. Rather I was declaring that this strawman includes paren-free
>> block-argument-bearing call expressions as an essential design element.
>> Chopping it out chops down the whole strawman.
>
> I understand what you're writing above but I think that ties this
> proposed short syntax for functions (or lambdas) to something the
> arrow syntax is not tied to and so makes it a "do you like apples or
> oranges?" choice.
I'm doing integrated design, a particular usable salad. Good nutrition often
requires "both" not "either or".
> In another thread, some people were suggesting {||}
> as an exact alternative to the thin arrow.
Yes, I cited the thread in the strawman. So what? Chopping proposals into
little pieces does not help, we've seen this before.
/be
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