On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Alexander Burger <a...@software-lab.de> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:57:17AM +0200, Alexander Burger wrote: >> I was thinking of re-introducing a syntax like :MyParam, or perhaps >> MyParam, but this saves only a single character over "MyParam", and >> doesn't look so very much better. >> >> The main reason of not doing this was that it adds yet another syntax >> rule, increasing the confusion about transient symbols. If both :MyParam >> and "My Param" are transient symbols, people will forget about the fact >> that they are the same internally, and then a statement where indeed a > > I forgot to mention an even bigger problem if two alternative syntaxes > are used for transient symbols: Which one should be used for output > (print, pp, edit etc.)?
more problems. :) will leave this for now and maybe someday when i understand the internals more i can present some solution. > > Cheers, > - Alex > -- > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe > -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
