Sorry, but can you explain why the character used to escape strings is also the best choice to do Variable value extraction/String interpolation? They are two different concepts.
Sent from my iPhone On 22 Jun 2016, at 09:28, Charlie Monroe via swift-evolution <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> I agree. As a user of a German keyboard, "\" is written as Alt-Shift-7 >> (there isn't even a label on the keyboard, you just have to know this. The >> "7" key says "7" and "/" - I'm talking about the German Mac Keyboard, the >> standalone version of the Mac Mini and the Notebook Version of Macbook >> Air/Pro are the same in this regard.), and "$" is written as Shift-4. "$" is >> used in languages were "$" is used as a sigil for variables. It makes sense >> there to allow these variables directly in some strings. But not so in >> Swift. What I like about "\" is that it is a compatible extension to string >> literals, as much as possible. Strings that were valid and sensible before >> are still valid and sensible and mean the same thing. You can copy&paste a C >> string literal into Swift, and it will have the same meaning, because C >> strings do not contain `\(`. >> >> I'm already used to using Alt- and Alt-Shift combinations anyway, they are >> just needed everywhere. Can use them for „German typographical quotes“ >> (Alt-^, Alt-2), “English typographical quotes” (Alt-Shift-^, Alt-Shift-2), 2 >> ≤ 4 comparisons, etc. E.g. the "[]" are Alt-5 and Alt-6. >> >> That said, there is a programming co-worker of mine that uses an English >> keyboard, because he says it's easier to write code there. That's actually >> something that many non-English programmers do right now. > > Exactly. And on some other keyboards, $ is not easily accessible either. > There will never be a universal character that's easily accessible on all > keyboards. \ is already used for escaping characters in a string, which > makes it logical. > >> >> -Michael >> >>> >>> -- >>> Dave >> >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-evolution mailing list >> swift-evolution@swift.org >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list swift-evolution@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
