Derek Parnell wrote:
On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:22:17 -0800, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
The truth is, the reasons against using strings for short functions are
shrinking. I mean, you don't want to not use strings just to not use
strings, right? I hope I convinced you that strings are unbeatable for
short functions that don't need access to local state, their efficiency
is exemplary, and their error messages are not half bad.
And syntax-highlighting editors just love them ;-) Knowing which strings
contain code and which don't is a piece of cake, no?
The language can help here. q{stuff} is a "token string" which
presumably contains code, whereas the other strings presumably don't. In
my editor, q{code} comes off as highlighted.
So I think in the future it's a good bet for both programmers and
editors to consider q{} quotes as containing code.
Andrei
