FWIW I prefer what I think is the "Niklaus Wirth style syntax" for declarations at least (perhaps it just follows normal mathematical notation but I''m no mathematician).
Looks like: name: Type rather than: Type name; The tradition of Pascal/Modula/Oberon/ML/Eiffel has been picked up recently for Scala (even though Java is of the Algol/C tradition). It seems better to have the type on the right so that you can elide it when it can be inferred. I recall there being an alternative pascal-like syntax for C++ that certainly made function pointer declarations easier to read. Google found it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significantly_Prettier_and_Easier_C%2B%2B_Syntax Cheers, Steve. _______________________________________________ bitc-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.coyotos.org/mailman/listinfo/bitc-dev
