On May 18, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Brendan Eich wrote: > On May 18, 2011, at 9:47 AM, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote: > >> In the end, these are just symbols and JS programmer are just going to have >> to learn their meaning. Existing conventions, if they exist, and analogous >> do impact initial learnability but in the long run I don't know if it makes >> much a difference as long as they aren't prone to keyboarding hazards. > > The precedents matter a bit, even if we try to create a new idiom. The > problem is < not | (although doesn't that look too light in Helvetica on > either side?).
I don't think :> works, as you say. It looks like crap, frankly, in too many fonts. However, does |> not work? /be _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
