I'm just concerned that precedencegroup might be confusing at first look. But like you said, it's not going to be a widely written feature (but it's will be widely used!).
Also, is taking a keyword at the top level really that bad? Precedence could still be used inside classes and methods etc Brandon On Jun 27, 2016, at 7:01 PM, John McCall via swift-evolution <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> On Jun 25, 2016, at 10:57 AM, Anton Zhilin via swift-evolution >> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> I replaced `precedencegroup` with `precedence` and added `Precedence` >> suffix to all precedence group names. See: >> >> https://github.com/Anton3/swift-evolution/blob/fix-operator- >> precedence/proposals/0077-operator-precedence.md >> >> My feelings: >> 1. `precedencegroup` describes what it declares more precisely >> 2. `precedence` is shorter (partially compensating for longer names) >> 3. `precedence` can be correctly interpreted as "precedence level" >> 4. `precedence` looks nicer overall > > Keep in mind that this is a pretty marginal feature. I'm not sure > "precedence" is a reasonable enough thing to take as a keyword for it. > > John. > >> >> 5. `Precedence` suffix is bulky. One must specify it in operator >> declarations and in all relationships >> 6. All groups ending with adjectives may unambiguously drop the suffix >> 7. Number of such groups is small. New groups will tend to be named after >> corresponding operators, and they will be noun-based >> >> Questions: >> 1. Where else can we drop -Precedence? >> 2. Can we make more names end with adjectives? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-evolution mailing list >> swift-evolution@swift.org >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list swift-evolution@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
