Bill Baxter wrote:
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Walter Bright<[email protected]> wrote:
Bill Baxter wrote:
If it's internal to the parse tree can't you make the syntax whatever you
want?
Something like (expr1 __exprSequencer expr2) should do just fine, right?
No reason it has to be a precious one-character symbol syntax.
What if you're writing a program that generates D code?
If you're generating code which is so tricky that it needs to rely on
comma expressions,
Writing code that requires that "A" be executed before "B" is not tricky
or unusual.
then I doubt it will be something that users will
be expected to read and/or edit. In which case, again, it doesn't
matter how ugly the syntax is. "__exprSequencer" would do just fine.
Making D metaprogramming spectacularly ugly will not help bring
metaprogramming to the mainstream and will drive away the kind of people
who can create fantastic metaprogramming applications.
