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Subject: Re: objections to short syntax for code snippets?
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To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
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Hi Ricardo,

On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 at 14:06, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:


> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> process run-sh
>   inputs
>     . "a"
>     . mine: "b"
>     . "c"
>     . yours: "d"
>   # {
>     echo "This is mine: {{inputs:mine}}, and this is yours: {{inputs:yours}}."
>   }
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---


This is cool!

Aside your question, I am thinking if WISP could be adapted to use
dash '-' instead of dot '.' in the field 'inputs'.



> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> process run-sh
>   inputs "hello"
>   #{
>     function {
>       echo "I just want to say something."
>     } # this is not a comment

Annoying but I can live with. :-)

>   }
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---





> Anyway, do you have any objections to this optional syntax?  Any

No objections.


Thank you for all the improvements.

All the best,
simon