For me, the # syntax is reminiscent of Ruby documentation syntax, as in Object#to_s, so I kinda like it. But really any syntax that's not too intrusive is cool with me. Backquotes seems like a reasonable option too.
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Paul Benedict <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I didn't initiate this suggestion, but I am passing it along because > it is really good, imo. Furthermore, I've complained about the #"" > syntax and, well, I still complain about it :-) > > Artur Biesiadowski, in the Coin Dev mailing list, made the suggestion > to replace the #"" notation with backticks [1]. I think his suggestion > was great for at least four reasons: > > 1) Closures might use pound symbol > 2) Method literals might use pound symbol > 3) JavaDoc already uses pound symbol > 4) Backticks are commonly supported by several RDMS to represent > exotic identifiers (like table names with spaces). > > Is the pound symbol really the choice favorite by the participants in > this list? John and Remi, unless your heart is set on it, can you > consider a change with regards to all the other language changes now > going to happen? > > Paul > > [1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/coin-dev/2009-November/002556.html > _______________________________________________ > mlvm-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/mlvm-dev > _______________________________________________ mlvm-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/mlvm-dev
