| Re: RfD - Enhanced local variable syntax, v4 (long) |
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Group: comp.lang.forth · Group Profile
Author: Aleksej SaushevAleksej Saushev Date: Aug 11, 2008 12:41
> Well, it's that time of year again, so I'm in proposal mode.
> Don't forget to attend EuroForth 2008 and the Forth200x standards
> meeting in gorgeous glorious Vienna from 25-28 September 2008.
> http://www.euroforth.org
>
> RfD - Enhanced local variable syntax, v4
> Stephen Pelc - 11 August 2008
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> Any name ending in the '[' character is reserved for compatibility
> with existing implementations.
I don't like standards, which start from exceptions.
Why is this the only character reserved?
Why don't we reserve other characters from "!@#$%%^&*()[]\~;':<>?,./" set?
Instead of conceptually clear syntax you're making precedent for all sort
of quirks. I strongly object to such attitude to the standard.
It is going to be yet another Perl at this pace.
If you want some characters to be reserved, put your locals library
into public domain and let it spread. At least we'll see, what is
actually used in community.
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CE3OH...
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