On 22/05/17 00:53, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
The creator of Scala, Martin Odersky, has proposed introducing Python-like
significant indentation to Scala and getting rid of braces:
I was playing for a while now with ways to make Scala's syntax
indentation-based. I always admired the neatness of Python syntax
and also found that F# has benefited greatly from its optional
indentation-based syntax, so much so that nobody seems to use
the original syntax anymore.
https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty/issues/2491
From the link:
"Impediments
What are the reasons for preferring braces over indentations?
Provide visual clues where constructs end. With pure indentation based
syntax it is sometimes hard to tell how many levels of indentation are
terminated at some point... "
I am a huge python fan (but also a C++ and Java fan) and I agree with
Scala creator, sometimes the readability is complicated. So, more often
than I would like to, I end up missing the braces :-O
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Cholo Lennon
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