While were at it, can we make :long-keyword [3] => :long-keyword [long-keyword 3] ?
And can we make define => =, and = => == ? In general, can we "Huffman encode" forms by average form usage frequency? (But seriously, the first one would be nice....) On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Gustavo Massaccesi <gust...@oma.org.ar> wrote: > I agree. I think that :xyz doesn't look special enough, and with #:xyz > is clear that the reader is doing something special. > > Gustavo > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Laurent <laurent.ors...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Deren Dohoda <deren.doh...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> I don't have a very strong opinion, it seems like convenient syntax, but > >> half of what draws me to stick with lisps is the low amount of syntax. > >> Pound-colon has a strong line noise quality to it which colons lack, I > >> admit. But they also have an explicit feel which colons lack. > > > > In particular, they have a "reader syntax" feeling, as most things that > > start with a pound in Racket. I initially didn't like them for keywords, > but > > now I'm feeling somewhat ok with them. Having two characters to prefix a > > keyword argument is a lot though, especially when one uses them so much. > > > > Laurent > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Racket Users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
