I wasn't a huge fan of that style too but it's growing on me. More importantly, it's worth noting that this is also intended for experimental features which can

I wasn't a huge fan of that style too but it's growing on me. More importantly, it's worth noting that this is also intended for experimental features which can eventually become part of the language syntax. eg: proc hello(greeting: string): string {.noSideEffect.} became func hello(greeting: string): string