Kartik Agaram <a...@akkartik.com>
> > if
> > . {1 iso {x % 2}}
> > . \ 'odd
> > . :else
> > . \ 'even
>
> My complaint with this is that it doesn't sufficiently distinguish
> tests from branches. Especially since 'if' in arc/wart can have more
> than two branches. It also replaces 'cond' in lisp/scheme.
>
> I'm not entirely happy with any of the ways to format if/cond.
In a simple 2-way branch, I try to cuddle the condition right after "if" where
possible:
. if iso(1 {x % 2})
. . 'odd
. . 'even
A traditional cond-like expression is really easy with indentation,
modern-expressions, and curly infix:
cond
. evenp(a) a ;if a is even return a
. {a > 9} {a / 2} ;else if a is bigger than 9 return a/2
. {a < 2} {a - 1} ;else if a is smaller than 2 return a-1
. #t 17
=>
(cond
((evenp a) a) ;if a is even return a
((> a 9) (/ a 2)) ;else if a is bigger than 9 return a/2
((< a 2) (- a 1)) ;else if a is smaller than 2 return a-1
(#t 17))
If the right-hand expression is too long to cuddle on one line, just indent it
under its condition. No problem, and really clear.
(Sample inspired by http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ggordon/lisp-hints.txt)
An Arc-like "if" is an interesting case. I think we're moving towards
SPLICE-at-front as being essentially a comment. If so, I can imagine that the
SPLICE could be used to highlight the what-to-do while leaving it at the same
level:
. if condition1()
. . \ do-condition1()
. . condition2()
. . \ do-condition2()
. . condition3()
. . \ do-condition3()
. . \ otherwise()
=> (if (condition1) (do-condition1)
(condition2) (do-condition2)
(condition3) (do-condition3)
(otherwise))
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