On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_...@web.de> wrote: > Hi David, > >> I can be talked either way about the \ splice thing. The goal is to make >> "easy things easy", without too many rules. Is the extra "\" rule helpful? >> Neutral? More harm than good? I'd love to hear more feedback on it. > > Personally I think that the inline \ makes it too complex. What I love about > lisp is the simplicity, and that is lost with more complex syntax rules. > > Best wishes, > Arne
Inline \ is intended to support Arc if (and general Arc reduce-parenthesis habits) and CL keyword functions: if cond foo \ expr parm cond bar \ expr parm2 \ expr parm3 foo :keyword \ fun value :keyword \ fun2 value SPLICE-inline is hard to *describe*, but it enables what I feel is a pair of important use-cases. Without SPLICE-inline, you need to use twice as many lines of code. Sincerely, AmkG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Readable-discuss mailing list Readable-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/readable-discuss
