On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Alex Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is something that bugs me too. Four keystrokes is an especially high > cost for very short strings. What if we had an alternative syntax for > strings that don't contain spaces? Something like 'foo would be synonymous > with "foo", but would save three keystrokes.
But then ' couldn't be used in word names. Lots of parser combinator and peg words use idioms like 'foo'. So is that a word called 'foo' or the string foo' ? Chris. -- http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk