From: Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs lisp syntax rfc: (cond (EXPR => (lambda (X) ...)))
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:20:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y670a8ml.fsf@ambire.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=P=vPj7ARBKu=Tf4GXwsmqtEgBB+cd9X=n0dBR@mail.gmail.com> (MON KEY's message of "Mon, 3 Jan 2011 00:37:48 -0500")
() MON KEY <monkey@sandpframing.com>
() Mon, 3 Jan 2011 00:37:48 -0500
Is the proposed symbol for this syntax extension `=>'?
Yes.
If so, I find the proposed symbol ugly.
`=>' is already a semantically loaded indicator.
I'm sorry, i don't understand what you mean. Outside of
documentation and the mini-language Calc accepts, i don't
see that symbol in use.
Likewise, the individual tokens of `=>' are too visually
similiar to `=' and `>'.
I would prefer either `#=>' or `#->' which might help to
convey the implicit function call involved.
The hash is problematic, but really, any short symbol is
fine with me. (I chose ‘=>’ out of familiarity w/ Scheme.)
Another idea is ‘:=>’ or even ‘::’, both of which font lock
nicely out of the box, for some extra visual distinction.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-04 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-03 5:37 emacs lisp syntax rfc: (cond (EXPR => (lambda (X) ...))) MON KEY
2011-01-04 17:20 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen [this message]
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2011-01-02 21:45 Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-01-02 21:57 ` Fren Zeee
2011-01-02 22:52 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2011-01-04 16:41 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-01-04 17:56 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2011-01-04 18:39 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-01-03 2:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-01-04 17:00 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-01-03 16:15 ` Richard Stallman
2011-01-04 18:12 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-01-05 1:55 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-01-05 3:21 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-01-05 4:16 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-01-05 5:15 ` Miles Bader
2011-01-05 21:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-01-05 22:40 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2011-01-06 0:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-01-06 8:24 ` Helmut Eller
2011-01-07 3:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-01-06 18:43 ` Richard Stallman
2011-01-05 23:36 ` Richard Stallman
2011-01-11 17:20 ` Andy Wingo
2011-01-05 5:17 ` Miles Bader
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