Hi, On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 6:47 AM Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I also use Javascript/Typescript regularly, which is why I know the > > > backtick is hard to recognize. It depends on the font, but it looks > > > very much like the backtick. This may lead to mistakes. > > I of course meant that a backtick looks very much like a single quote. > > > OK, that's fair enough Bram (although I don't personally find it > > confusing and, as noted, this _is_ already used by > > javascript/typescript so clearly many people find it acceptable). > > These decisions are often made by a committee, it doesn't mean it's > always a good idea. Perhaps they used a font where it is not a problem. > For Vim it's nice if we can use a syntax that script writers recognize, > but we also want to avoid things that have turned out to be a > not-so-great choice. > > There are other languages where a prefix to a string changes the meaning > of that string, we can at least follow that pattern. > > > My one last statement in favour of the javascript/typescript syntax is > > that vim already uses the `{}` interpolation characters in `:h > > curly_brace_names`, where it is possible in vimscript to do this: > > > > ```vim > > let my_{&filetype}_variable = 'something'; > > ``` > > > > It would be nice and consistent to then be able to do this: > > > > ```vim > > let my_{&filetype}_variable = `something {&filetype}-specific`; > > ``` > > The use of {} like that has been deprecated, there are too many subtle > corner cases with it. I also don't see it used much. >
The taglist plugin (which was developed back in 2002 and widely used) heavily uses the curly brace syntax in variables. This was implemented before Lists/Dicts were added to Vim. https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=273 http://vim-taglist.sourceforge.net/index.html - Yegappan -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/CAAW7x7%3DHwG%2BfjTYpL6haUv7FiSvk5%2Bp9i0M6btR%3Dv2uze_cHww%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
