On Nov 30, 2008, at 4:32 PM, Slava Pestov wrote: > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Chris Double <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: >> I don't really like this. Creating objects is common and I think >> escaping things with \ should be rare. > > I agree.
Actually, \ is invisible to me, but maybe I've done too much C++ in the past. :-) I like that it makes your intention very clear and prevents bugs if you shadow a tuple class with a word name in the future. One token is a small price to pay for this robustness. I read "\ foo" as "escape foo" and intuitively it feels safer this way, like I'm making some potentially explosive word inert. And I disagree with Ed's assertion that '\ class-name' is not a convention. Doug ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
