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>>>>> "tony" == A J Rossini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> on Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:07:35 -0700 writes:
tony> "kjetil brinchmann halvorsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> On 12 Aug 2003 at 17:38, nels.tomlinson.1 wrote:
>>
>> I thought one of the reasons for removing the underscore as synonym
>> to <- was that at some later point it could be reintroduced in the
>> grammar, for example as a valid part of variable names.
>>
>> If this is the case, this suggestion is a bad idea. Better to forget
>> the habvit of using _ for assignment! Maybe this reemplacement of _
>> with <- will be removed from ess too?
tony> Probably. But there are those of us who don't like "_" for variable
tony> names. It reminds me too much of C and Python (though I like the
tony> latter).
tony> I'd be happier removing "=" for assignment, as well. It's a
tony> monstrosity, though supposedly wiser heads think otherwise. I know
tony> the arguments, but I still think it should be removed.
tony> Maybe we'll make "=" electric -- one press becomes "<-", two presses
tony> become "==". Emacs is wonderful, sometimes.
This is an interesting proposal.
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