Christoph Reck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> replying to Geir's response (without a copy to velocity-user):
> > That was a decision made a while ago. It's easy to fix if enough people
> > think it's a good idea. It would make our identifiers conform a little
> > better to the java spec. (Can we please get rid of the '-' as an
> > acceptable identifier character? How many people are going to regularly
> > use 'working-dogs' as a reference, jon? :)
>
> I raised this earlyer and jvz stated that it could be made it this was
> really a "standard" and people want it (up to now I'm the only one that
> has spoken up).
>
> It would be great if you allow the "_" at the beginning of a variable.
>
> +1 to get rid of the "-".
I think that the "-" as a valid variable name character should stay.
It is very standard, and LISPers do in fact use it heavily.
Daniel