Syntax...

[Rémi Forax]

Le 20/11/2009 23:51, Neal Gafter a écrit :
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Rémi Forax <forax at univ-mlv.fr 
> <mailto:forax at univ-mlv.fr>> wrote:
>
>     Le 20/11/2009 20:44, Neal Gafter a écrit :
>>     The 0.6a syntax is based on CLang
>>     <http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/cfe-dev/2008-August/002670.html>,
>>     but with # instead of ^.  I kind of like ^ better, but that's
>>     slightly inconsistent with method references, which must use #
>>     because (a) that's the javadoc syntax, and (b) it would be
>>     ambiguous to use ^.
>
>     I vote for any syntax that clearly differentiate between lambda
>     and function type.
>
>
> Remi-
>
> All of these syntax forms do.  Either there's a type between the # (or 
> ^) and the open paren (for a function type) or there isn't (for a 
> lambda).  Is that clear enough for your taste?
>
> -Neal

Sorry, I was not clear.
I am able to parse the current syntax and any parser will be able too,
but I am not sure everyone will be able to do the same.

One thing I have observed when teaching C is that the first problem when 
explaining pointer was the C syntax.
This syntax use * when you declare a pointer type and * when you want to 
dereference
a pointer variable. This syntax create unnecessary confusion.

If the syntax of closure use a symbol for lambda and another for 
function type,
I will be happy.

Rémi






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