I don't mind `#:`, but I'd prefer to write `[#:foo 5]` rather than `#:foo [foo 5]`, that is, I don't like the repetition of the name (I first came to Racket precisely to avoid repeating code).
When I expressed that a few years ago, I was told it would be unlikely to change in the future though, which is perfectly understandable given how deeply this goes. On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 1:15 PM Christopher Lemmer Webber < [email protected]> wrote: > I am wary of this. I really don't have a strong preference either way, > my suspicion is it's mostly "what did you become famliar with initially" > kind of thing. :keyword is more Common Lisp'ish, #:keyword matches > other Schemes I've used. > > But: > - I'd rather not have *two* keyword syntaxes in Racket at the same > time. > - But removing #: from the language would break tons of packages. > - Maybe if #lang racket2 ever happened that would be a good place for > this, and the ability to have multiple #langs allows us to survive > an upgrade easier than say, the Python 2 to 3 upgrade was (which I > was in the trenches for, and was a decade long headache). > Let's try to avoid breaking things that exist currently, anyway. > - It's such a small cosmetic change I don't see why it's worth it. > If it bothers you a lot, there's a #lang path. > > My $.02, > - cwebb > > Neil Van Dyke writes: > > > I recall multiple discussions about colon keywords over the many > > years, but (it's 5am) temporarily forgot that Jay did a poll 3 years > > ago. > > > > Jay's results summary quoted and linked below. > > > > I think 3 years means it's time to go from these results, to either > > changing Racket, or expecting "preference #langs" to become more of a > > thing. (Again, from a software engineering perspective, I'd > > discourage "preference #langs"; but, from a love of programming > > perspective, I'd understand.) > > > > > > Jay McCarthy <[email protected]> wrote on Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:43:50 > -0400: > >> It has been a little more than a week and we've stopped getting results. > >> > >> The full results should be publicly available. Here is a summary: > >> > >> > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HSwtxLhz5HWGMJjMXaO8LQyHJsdMkGbBlRa4fU7Sa34/viewanalytics > >> > >> and here is the raw data: > >> > >> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rZNNGwupMZTybxKRhukLdgA8VIA8oPlQ7nPk8Gv52Es/edit#gid=348615477 > >> > >> My interpretation of the data is as follows: > >> - The #:keyword syntax is liked fine with a rating of 5.67 > >> - The :keyword syntax is more loved with a rating of 6.9 > >> - But change is not popular, average of 5.1 with high standard deviation > >> - People that really like #:keyword do not want a change and do not > >> like :keyword > >> - People that really like :keyword want a change > >> > >> I am genuinely surprised :keyword saw so much support and that > >> change was so attractive to people. > >> > >> Naturally whenever you do stuff like this, you want to ask more > >> questions, like what about keyword:, what about supporting both, > >> etc. > >> > >> Jay > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/racket-users/3vOTC1FbieA/UsifvfWtBgAJ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
