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 <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the crisp explanation, Jos. This is exactly my concern. > > Eric > > > On Sun, Sep 23, 2018, 2:38 PM Jos Koot <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forgot to include the users group. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jos Koot [mailto:[email protected]] >> 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> 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 [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. > -- 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.
