Perhaps I am not clear on the motive for the change, but if it is
just that y is shorter than y. and thus more elegant in a way, then
you are saying that for this y, most often used only once in a verb
definition, we pay by typing yy everywhere. And since I often use xx
as well as x, I guess they all become xxx ? The . marked these as
special so one didn't have to be aware of these issues.
Patrick
On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, bill lam wrote:
Instead of constantly checking whether a single letter name being inside the
set (x y u v m n) or not, I think it will more convenient to use 2-letter
names instead, such as: aa bb cc xx yy. It is easy to type.
J. Patrick Harrington wrote:
I think the replacement of x. by x, etc. is an idea "too clever
by half". It's only broken some of my code in minor ways but will be a
persistent irritant. x,y,z,u,v,w are the first variable names
I tend to use & now you have to think twice before using them.
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