> On Jun 30, 2016, at 11:25 AM, Matthew Johnson <matt...@anandabits.com> wrote:
> On Jun 30, 2016, at 1:08 PM, John McCall via swift-evolution
> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
>
>>> On Jun 30, 2016, at 2:34 AM, Anton Zhilin via swift-evolution
>>> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
>>> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals
>>> /0077-operator-precedence.md
>>>
>>> Idea #1
>>>
>>> There is a high chance that 'higherThan'/'lowerThan' names will be
>>> chosen. I still see a problem with that. Keywords in Swift are written
>>> in full lowercase, so we should actually take 'higherthan'/'lowerthan'.
>>>
>>> But then what's the point of the preposition? It blends with
>>> higher/lower and doesn't actually add any clarity. So we should drop
>>> 'than' and have just higher/lower or above/below or succeeds/preceeds or
>>> whatever we choose, but *in a single word*.
>>
>> The preposition does add clarity. Are the listed precedences the ones that
>> are
>> higher than the current precedence, or are they the ones that the current
>> precedence is higher than?
>
> I agree with that for higher and lower, but I think above and below are
> pretty clear (in the example just below it seems very clear (to me at least)
> that Multiplicative is above additive and below Exponentiative).
>
> I think above and below are aesthetically the best here, but as has been
> noted this will be a rarely used feature so I won't feel bad if something
> else is selected,
I would be fine with "above" and "below".
John.
>
>
>>
>> John.
>>
>>>
>>> Idea #2
>>>
>>> I personally don't like the direction in which the proposal moved (I
>>> understand the reasons). Before the first review, consensus seemed to be
>>> on this:
>>>
>>> precedence Multiplicative {
>>> above Additive
>>> below Exponentiative
>>> }
>>>
>>> And now:
>>>
>>> precedencegroup MultiplicativePrecedence {
>>> higherThan: AdditivePrecedence
>>> lowerThan: ExponentiativePrecedence
>>> }
>>>
>>> Don't you have a feeling that something cute and 'swift' was turned into
>>> a monster?
>>>
>>> At least, if we change keywords, we will get this:
>>>
>>> precedence MultiplicativePrecedence {
>>> above: AdditivePrecedence
>>> below: ExponentiativePrecedence
>>> }
>>>
>>> I also like in above/below that they are written with the same number of
>>> letters, meaning that they will line up nicely.
>>>
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