[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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