On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 3:40 PM Rowan Tommins <rowan.coll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 at 14:08, Benjamin Eberlei <kont...@beberlei.de> > wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 11:28 AM Peter Bowyer <phpmailingli...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > >> > >> I have voted no because I asked a question about the ending delimiter > and > >> why () didn't count. Another person asked a similar question and neither > >> of > >> us got a reply. > >> > > > > () does not count as ending symbol, because it is not required, as such > > its not an ending symbol. > > > > > The question asked was that _if the parentheses were made mandatory_, would > this provide the same benefits ascribed to the other syntaxes? > > To avoid repeating myself, here are the previous posts where I elaborated > on this question: > > * https://externals.io/message/111312#111342 > * https://externals.io/message/111312#111354 For me It would indeed make a slight difference, but not wanting to speak for Theodore, I believe he did not want to add this as another option to vote upon, when I asked him. based on the argument that new also doesn't require () it makes sense to me. And for me I didn't want to add it, because then we can just go back to <<>>, which would at least be symmetrical. I.e. @@Jit() vs <<Jit>> > > > > Regards, > -- > Rowan Tommins > [IMSoP] >
