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The first reply pretty much nails it: "where is the patch?" There's a huge difference between going to a mailing list and asking for (unpopular) features and g
by exDM69 15y ago
The first reply pretty much nails it: "where is the patch?"
There's a huge difference between going to a mailing list and asking for (unpopular) features and going ahead and implementing it. Provide a patch, along with test cases and practical use case examples and you're making a point. Abstract rambling with 0 lines of code examples is worthless.
What comes to the actual issue: I'm a huge fan of layout based syntax but I do hate writing white space sensitive parsers. I think Haskell's way of having curlies and semicolons in the core syntax and adding layout as a sugar coating hits a particular sweet spot.
- philh 15y agoThe patch is a red herring. Braces have been explicitly rejected in the past. He needs to convince people that they're a good thing, and a patch isn't going to help. (At least not much compared to the time investment.) > I think Haskell's way of having curlies and semicolons in the core syntax and adding layout as a sugar coating hits a particular sweet spot. I agree with this.
- syaz1 15y agoI think that was sarcasm because OP posted it in -patch instead of -ideas list.