Hello,
I've mentioned the idea of "programmable delimiters" here before.
My 'define-record-type++' code (ab)uses the popular "dot" syntax for
method invocation (and field access). In the spirit of "programmable
delimiters", I'm now wondering about a "programmable dot". Right now,
the dot syntax indicates a literal pair. With a programmable dot, you'd
get an expansion into:
(dot LEFT-EXPR RIGHT-EXPR)
And the default binding of the 'dot' macro would be to call 'cons'.
Of course, for this to work with things like method invocation:
(num.sqrt)
the dot would have to be recognized even when not whitespace delimited.
Still, in certain libraries, I'd be happy to exchange literal pair
syntax for a 'dot' macro.
Ed
