Same here, I've grown happy with the #:keyword notation because it is a reader thing, not a symbol.
The other nice option would be like Python and others to make procedure implicitly take dictionaries to allow choosing at each call site between position-based and name-based argument passing for each argument. I guess if the dictionary's arguments of the caller is accessible at compile time, it should be feasible to lose nothing in terms of run-time speed. Dictionary building and passing at run-time would likely be slower though. On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:08 AM Eric Griffis <ded...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the crisp explanation, Jos. This is exactly my concern. > > Eric > > > On Sun, Sep 23, 2018, 2:38 PM Jos Koot <jos.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Forgot to include the users group. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jos Koot [mailto:jos.k...@gmail.com] >> Sent: 23 September 2018 21:37 >> To: 'Tomasz Rola' >> Subject: RE: [racket-users] colon keywords >> >> MHO, adhere to #:foo, >> because :foo is a permitted identifier. >> I prefer a clear distinction between keywords and identifiers. >> Just like the sharp sign is used in many other output. >> Jos >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: racket-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:racket-users@googlegroups.com] >> On Behalf Of Tomasz Rola >> Sent: 23 September 2018 18:50 >> To: Racket-Users List >> Cc: Neil Van Dyke; Tomasz Rola >> Subject: Re: [racket-users] colon keywords >> >> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 04:56:05AM -0400, Neil Van Dyke wrote: >> > Currently, in main Racket reader, `#:` starts a keyword, as in `#:foo`. >> > >> > Who on this email list would also like (or not like) `:` to start a >> > keyword, as in `:foo`? >> >> >> -- >> 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 racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
