> * Steve Haflich <funsyvpu-er5wdrrddr8nikgvhzj...@choyvp.tznar.bet> > [2012-05-06 12:54:00 -0700]: > > I'm mildly opposed to trying to impose syntax extensions on the > language if the only motivation is slight convenience.
not quite "mildly". any change has a cost and the benefit here is negligible, so I don't see any reason to do this. > Besides, I find that feature expressions like #+never #+notyet > #+nomore or #+bug456 provide useful self documentation about > conditionals, while we programmers are often lazy about adding real > documentation about changes. +1 > And if all you are concerned about is that someone might have pushed > :NIL onto the features list, the syntax #+(or) is logically and > portably unscrewable. +1 -- Sam Steingold (http://sds.podval.org/) on Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) X 11.0.11103000 http://www.childpsy.net/ http://mideasttruth.com http://www.PetitionOnline.com/tap12009/ http://truepeace.org Those who can laugh at themselves will never cease to be amused. _______________________________________________ pro mailing list pro@common-lisp.net http://lists.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pro
