On Friday, June 29, 2012 16:34:33 bearophile wrote: > Timon Gehr: > > foreach(x in y,data) > > There is no way to avoid all possible mistakes, but it's easier > to mistake a ";" for a ",", than mistake a "in" for a ",". > > "in" is used for this purpose in Python, C#, and probably other > languages because it's more readable than an arbitrary symbol > like ";".
And in Java, they use : rather than ; or in. This is completely subjective. I see _zero_ benefit in using in over ;. ; is nicely consistent with for, and is probably why foreach in D uses it. But regardless, it's purely a subjective choice. Walter picked what he picked. C# and python picked what they picked. Java picked what they picked. I really don't think that you can objectively argue that one is better than the other - not unless one is objectively easier to write the grammar for. Anything involving whether a person thinks in is or ; is easier to read or will cause fewer mistakes or whatnot is going to be purely subjective. - Jonathan M Davis
