Hi mg, I also don't like the 'fin' proposal, but I could get behind 'bool'. It's shorter but doesn't lose the meaning. It also makes it easier for people coming from other programming languages.
Best, Jenn <https://twitter.com/codejennerator> <https://linkedin.com/in/jennstrater> On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 11:39 PM, MG <mg...@arscreat.com> wrote: > Hi, > > since things are going so well with my "fin" = "final" proposal, I propose > that Groovy support "bool" as a shortcut for "boolean". > > "boolean" is already seeing large scale use by Groovy developers, "bool" > instead of "boolean" saves nearly half of the keyword's characters, "bool" > is used in C++, it fits better with the also widely used "int", and Groovy > 3.0 is the ideal opportunity to introduce such language extensions. > > Cheers, > mg > > > >
