Re: [Readable-discuss] SUBLIST semantics

2012-07-31 Thread David A. Wheeler
Alan Manuel Gloria: > Another one is that "$" is meant to be used to "compress" vertically > any deeply-indented code that happens to be just monotonically > indenting more. Good point. I've added that material to the "Rationale" section. --- David A. Wheeler ---

Re: [Readable-discuss] SUBLIST semantics

2012-07-31 Thread Alan Manuel Gloria
On 7/28/12, David A. Wheeler wrote: > I said: >> HOWEVER. I'm wondering if we have the wrong semantics on the "only one >> datum on the right-hand-side" SUBLIST case. In particular, in the current >> semantic: >> a $ b >> means (a b), not (a (b)). > > Ah, I think I found a better way to descri

Re: [Readable-discuss] SUBLIST semantics

2012-07-28 Thread David A. Wheeler
I said: > HOWEVER. I'm wondering if we have the wrong semantics on the "only one datum > on the right-hand-side" SUBLIST case. In particular, in the current semantic: > a $ b > means (a b), not (a (b)). Ah, I think I found a better way to describe SUBLIST that I think makes it clearer: "A $