Re: r14574 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2008-08-13 Thread Ron
Thanks, guys. I was about to point out the difficulties for editors to get their syntax highlighting and auto-indenting right, but then I remembered that programming languages are (or should be) designed for the convenience of people and not to make the tasks easier for tools working on them. Reg

RE: r14574 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2008-08-12 Thread Conrad Schneiker
> On 8 Aug., 19:34, Ron wrote: > > Author: larry > > Date: Fri Aug  8 10:34:49 2008 > > New Revision: 14574 > > > > Modified: > >    doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod > > > > Log: > > allow isolated ' and - in identifiers (only if followed by alpha) > > While I understand why - in identifiers is The Ri

Re: r14574 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2008-08-12 Thread Ron
On 8 Aug., 19:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Author: larry > Date: Fri Aug  8 10:34:49 2008 > New Revision: 14574 > > Modified: >    doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod > > Log: > allow isolated ' and - in identifiers (only if followed by alpha) While I understand why - in identifiers is The Right Thing