"Good programmers appreciate what you put in, Great programmers appreciate what you leave out " -- Josh Bloch
I also believe that having 2 accumulates is just going to bring confusion and complexity. Op 19-08-11 11:32, Ansgar Konermann schreef: > Am 18.08.2011 18:38, schrieb Mark Proctor: >> We are looking to tighten up accumulate, using a new keyword to >> differentiate. It will use ; for separation, to follow a similar form to >> a 'for' loop. >> >> acc( CE*; >> <func>*; >> <guard>? ) >> > Hi Mark, > > from the above description, I don't grok the meaning of the "new acc". > Could you describe in a few words what "acc" is going to do? > > > From a user perspective, I find it hard to differentiate between "acc" > and "accumulate". I bet this is going to be an eternal source of > confusion and "which acc is for which purpose?" questions. > > If "acc" is different from "accumulate", then I'd like to learn what > "acc" actually does, how it differs from "accumulate" and try to find a > keyword which precisely resembles what it does. > > Best regards > > Ansgar > _______________________________________________ > rules-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev > -- With kind regards, Geoffrey De Smet _______________________________________________ rules-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev
