The prefix symbol

[Pavel Minaev]

I actually wanted to propose Unicode lambda symbol as a natural extension of
my "^" proposal.

But I don't think that this would get you much in practice. Most people
would still use the ASCII version, so why even bother with the Unicode
alternative?

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Lawrence Kesteloot <lk at teamten.com> wrote:

> Okay so this is 2011. Can we use the Unicode lambda symbol? Of course
> also support some digraph, like ,\
>
> IDEs would adapt instantly, as would window-based editors like gvim.
> Terminal text editors might have problems. Then there are possible
> problems with source file encoding ambiguity (when not specified
> explicitly).
>
> So yeah there would be a bunch of problems, but if we could solve
> them, how *cool* would that be?
>
> Lawrence
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:27 PM, maurizio cimadamore
> <maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com> wrote:
> > On 21/06/2011 17:47, Pavel Minaev wrote:
> >> Isn't this only true for statement lambdas? What about Strawman
> >> expression syntax, which doesn't have ')' '{'?
> > I was assuming a simplified version of Strawman (that has been discussed
> > in this mailing list) in which both statements and expressions have the
> > '{' '}'.
> >
> > Maurizio
> >>
> >> Either way, it seems that it would require infinite lookahead to parse?
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Maurizio Cimadamore
> >> <maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com
> >> <mailto:maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     On 21/06/11 17:14, Sam Pullara wrote:
> >>     > Both the $ and _ are valid method names so this would likely not
> >>     work.
> >>     This wouldn't be much of a problem, as the Strawman syntax cannot
> >>     possibly be confused with a method call - the compiler would need to
> >>     look for the 'special' token sequence ')' '{' after the '_' or '$'.
> >>
> >>     Maurizio
> >>     > Sam
> >>     >
> >>     > On Jun 21, 2011, at 2:57 AM, Maurizio Cimadamore wrote:
> >>     >
> >>     >> On 21/06/11 10:42, Milos Nikic wrote:
> >>     >>> Well since you are mentioning, i think it is not  unreasonable
> >>     to say that
> >>     >>> $ could be on this list too.
> >>     >>> $ is not very different than #, in that java web developers
> >>     use # for jsf
> >>     >>> based expressions, and $ for jsp ones.
> >>     >>>
> >>     >>> $(x) { return x + 1; }
> >>     >>> ${x ->   x + 1}
> >>     >> What about '_' as in:
> >>     >>
> >>     >> _(x) { return x + 1; }
> >>     >>
> >>     >>
> >>     >> It's less intrusive than # and it has that 'unnamed' feeling that
> I
> >>     >> think fits well in this case...
> >>     >>
> >>     >> Maurizio
> >>     >>> Regards,
> >>     >>> Milos
> >>     >>>
> >>     >>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Stephen Colebourne
> >>     >>> <scolebourne at joda.org <mailto:scolebourne at joda.org>>wrote:
> >>     >>>
> >>     >>>> Prefix character summary after 15 hours:
> >>     >>>>
> >>     >>>> Use a #
> >>     >>>>   #(x) { return x + 1; }
> >>     >>>>   #{x ->   x + 1}
> >>     >>>>
> >>     >>>> Use a ^
> >>     >>>>   ^(x) { return x + 1; }
> >>     >>>>   ^{x ->   x + 1}
> >>     >>>>
> >>     >>>> Use a \ (from another thread)
> >>     >>>>   \(x) { return x + 1; }
> >>     >>>>   \{x ->   x + 1}
> >>     >>>>
> >>     >>>> (I'm not listing keywords that have been suggested elsewhere)
> >>     >>>>
> >>     >>>> Issues around typing the various characters on different
> >>     keyboards
> >>     >>>> have been raised.
> >>     >>>>
> >>     >>>> Once again, does anyone have a character they prefer more
> >>     than one of
> >>     >>>> the three above that they want to be considered? Remember,
> >>     this isn't
> >>     >>>> a vote, or a discussion thread, but a "gathering the options"
> >>     thread.
> >>     >>>>
> >>     >>>> Stephen
> >>     >>>>
> >>     >>>>
> >>     >>>> On 20 June 2011 18:54, Stephen
> >>     Colebourne<scolebourne at joda.org <mailto:scolebourne at joda.org>>
> >>     wrote:
> >>     >>>>> The four syntax families split into two types, those with a
> >>     prefix
> >>     >>>>> symbol and those without.
> >>     >>>>>
> >>     >>>>> The prefix symbol is commonly mentioned as #:
> >>     >>>>>
> >>     >>>>> #(x) { return x + 1; }
> >>     >>>>> #{x ->   x + 1}
> >>     >>>>>
> >>     >>>>>
> >>     >>>>> *** If you have a strong desire to see any symbol other than #
> >>     >>>>> considered then please respond to this thread. ***
> >>     >>>>>
> >>     >>>>> - Your reply MUST specify the symbol
> >>     >>>>> - Your reply MUST give a brief justification
> >>     >>>>> - Your reply MUST repeat the two examples above using your
> >>     preferred
> >>     >>>> symbol
> >>     >>>>> - You SHOULD try to ensure that your alternate symbol choice
> >>     would
> >>     >>>>> parse acceptably
> >>     >>>>> - You MAY reply to suggest a keyword, however you should
> >>     expect that
> >>     >>>>> to be rejected
> >>     >>>>>
> >>     >>>>> Thread rules:
> >>     >>>>> - Only reply if you prefer your alternate symbol to #
> >>     >>>>> - To discuss something, change the thread title
> >>     >>>>> - Don't reply just to say "I don't want a prefix symbol"
> >>     >>>>> - Responding with a symbol suggestion doesn't preclude your
> >>     first
> >>     >>>>> choice actually being "no prefix symbol"
> >>     >>>>>
> >>     >>>>> For example, my preferred choice of prefix symbol is #, thus
> >>     I should
> >>     >>>>> not respond to this thread!
> >>     >>>>>
> >>     >>>>> Stephen
> >>     >>>>> (this is an experiment to see if we can focus on one
> particular
> >>     >>>>> discussion element at a time)
> >>     >>>>>
> >>     >>
> >>
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