Just a clarification on the proposed syntax: Clint, do you mean
var:type::default
as an alternative to Steve's
var:type=default?Also, whichever form is eventually adopted, I assume the new syntax will allow
you to write the procedure call
p( , , ,a, ,b)
as
p(x=a, z=b)Correct? That would be an improvement in itself.
Kostas
It appears there is a good amount of support for Steve's proposal. Many have not even noticed defaulting and type coercion syntax yet, so it is not "too late" to fix things as Steve has feared.
In comparing var:type:default versus var:type=default, I can say that to the best of my recollection, I actually did consider var:type=default and my main reservation about it was using = for yet another purpose. The colon seemed less overloaded.
But, I pretty much agree that the ambiguity of var:foo is probably a bad thing, and am willing to consider var:type=default. Let's see, do I have any alternatives besides Steve's alternate syntax that everyone seemed repulsed by? :-) ...
Well, we could have var:type, var:type:default, and var::default. Compared with var:type, var:type=default, and var=default, I don't see a huge difference, the main question is how heavily you weigh my "bad to overload =" rationale. I'd appreciate if Steve and some of y'all comment on this. Maybe there is a flaw in my alternative to Steve's fix, or maybe Steve's fix is just more attractive!
Clint
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