> > >> Yes, there are many features not everybody needs. Yet they have to be > chosen by some means (language design) and yet there will always be > disagreement. > > No, do the minimum
> But remember each feature has a cost. Not only what it adds to your app > (which it may well be worth), but also what it adds to the compiler: Now > and in future maintenance. > And are you sure this feature is really that simple? Now and in all future? > > Now it may just be an: check (for existence as var) and quote the literal > identifier. But soon you or someone wants to pass a pointer to a variable, > and that will raise the cost a lot. > > KISS principle - at present it just cannot be done w/o messing with debug, so just check, & quote the literal val as you suggestl Minimal compiler cost?
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