>> But does it matter in such a case whether it has punctuation syntax or
>> symbol syntax? Do you also give symbol syntax to the /
>> directory separator as well?
> A / is an illegal character in any part of a filename on this system.
> In this language / / are most often seen as paired delimiters.
Then, what about !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *, _, +, ,, <, > ., ?, :, ;, |, ... ?
> [#set foo [bar]] and [#set foo [#compute bar + 1]] would be required
> to accomplish the operations your examples seem to describe.
> If I see ':=' in this language I would almost certainly want it
> treated as a word.
Let me ask the question more directly, then: is "foo=bar" one token
or three?
> In this language == always begins a comment no matter where it is
> found unless a ~ precedes it. There are no exceptions.
Yes, you made that clear in your original message.
>> The current behavior is buggy (it doesn't behave consistently between
>> things like forward-sexp, backward-sexp, and parse-partial-sexp).
>>
>> But before someone can convince me to try and fix these bugs, they
>> should first make a good case that the way they setup their
>> syntax-tables is well thought out.
> If the fact that the problem exists reflects the standard by
> which `well thought out' is measured you're being a pushover.
I don't understand this paragraph, sorry. But just to make it clear: if you
read my above text, you'll note that I do not claim these are not bugs
and/or shouldn't be fixed.
> If it will remain this way for any length of time though, I do
> think it should be documented somewhere. Even if only on a known
> problems list.
Patches welcome,
Stefan
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