> I would love to see articles discussing these issues, but at the same time, I
> wonder if it's a good idea to bring more spotlight to style insensitivity.
Sorry, it has been a looong time since I posted here as I do no longer use Nim,
but… I always felt a bit "weak" to sell Nim's style insensitivity with the
argument that it is nice to pick the style you prefer. I consider the inability
to mix styles to be a far greater advantage; consider the following C code:
int Result = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
int result = f(x);
if (result < 0) {
result += g(x);
}
Result += result;
}
Run
This is an abridged version of some code I had to work on several years ago.
Such a mixture of styles would immediately trigger an error in Nim, as `Result`
and `result` are the same variable. (This is the same reason why I am a fan of
case insensitivity in variable names, like in good old Pascal.) The same would
apply if somebody tried to declare two variables `myAccum` and `my_accum` in
the same context.
When encouraging my colleagues to try Nim, I often found that this argument was
quite effective.
