Re: [Vala] Some thoughts aloud about improving syntax in Vala.

2019-08-14 Thread Mark Messer via vala-list
- no semicolons - fully agree. They are meant to act as a delimiter when a code is composed in-line. In such cases they should be obligatory. But not in others; - syntax (1..6) - good idea, however I'd even expand it. I remember your experiments with quasi-parallel operations in loops. They look mo

Re: [Vala] Some thoughts aloud about improving syntax in Vala.

2019-08-14 Thread rastersoft
Hi: I read your comments, and my opinions are: - no semicolons, almost all modern languages got rid of them (Or make them optional as in js so as not to break backward compatibility) I disagree. In JavaScript there are some cases where they are mandatory in order to avoid ambiguities. Forcin

Re: [Vala] Some thoughts aloud about improving syntax in Vala.

2019-08-13 Thread Nor Jaidi Tuah
That's a flood of suggestions. It would be better to suggest a small change at a time. Vala is already pretty "stable". Nice day Nor Jaidi Tuah PRIVILEGED/CONFIDENTIAL information may be contained in this message. If you are neither the addressee (intended recipient) nor an authorised recipie