[squeak-dev] Authorize upArrow in binary symbols

J. Vuletich (mail lists) juanlists at jvuletich.org
Tue Feb 25 02:38:40 UTC 2014


Quoting tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org>:

>
> On 24-02-2014, at 10:52 AM, Nicolas Cellier  
> <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Though being reserved for return statements, the upArrow ^ could  
>> perfectly be accepted as a character composing a binary selector,  
>> like the verticalBar | already is.
>
> [snip]
>
>> What do you think?
>>
> I think that it would be a massive cognitive overload when reading  
> code. The return signifier needs to be a unique artefact, whatever  
> it is.
>
> foo bar blah ^ ribbet factorial
>
> Quick - is that correct code or should there be a ‘.’ in front of  
> the ^ ? Will it crash the spaceship?
>
> I wish we still had a proper up arrow rather than a caret, not to  
> mention the proper left arrow assign instead of the nonsensical  
> Pascal :=.

StrikeFont allInstancesDo: [ :each | each useLeftArrow ]

:)

> tim
> --
> tim Rowledge; tim at rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim
> If you think C++ is not overly complicated, just what is a protected  
> abstract virtual base pure virtual private destructor and when was  
> the last time you needed one? -- Tom Cargin

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich



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