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To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
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Hi Ricardo,

On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 at 16:10, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:

> So my use of the dot is very suggestive, but there=E2=80=99s no way we ca=
n turn
> it into a dash.

I find your suggestion really appealing. :-)
Because it clarifies the description. And I read workflows more often
than I write them.


> That said =E2=80=A6 macrology can be used to assign the dash special mean=
ing (or
> no meaning at all), but I=E2=80=99m not convinced that this would be a go=
od
> idea.  Lists are easier in Lisp compared to YAML =E2=80=94 and thanks to =
what I
> call =E2=80=9Cimplicit lists=E2=80=9D for the =E2=80=9Cinputs=E2=80=9D an=
d =E2=80=9Coutputs=E2=80=9D fields you don=E2=80=99t
> even need to start them with =E2=80=9Clist=E2=80=9D.  It seems futile to =
try to make
> lists more complicated by requiring that items begin with a dash.

I understand. I was just a random comment when dequeueing all your
cool proposals.
Thank you for improving.

Cheers,
simon