> * Colon keywords -- Make symbols beginning with the colon character read as
> keywords. Possibly also make keywords print as starting with colon rather
> than pound-colon. I know some people don't mind "#:", but I don't like
> typing it or looking at it. I think "#:" also looks gratuitously
>
Yesterday, Neil Van Dyke wrote:
> Two syntax tweaks I'd like to see in Racket 5.4:
>
> * Colon keywords -- Make symbols beginning with the colon character
> read as keywords. Possibly also make keywords print as starting
> with colon rather than pound-colon. I know some people don't mind
> "#:",
On 09/10/2012 03:58 AM, Erich Rast wrote:
I agree with that one. Regarding this I also have a question. Sometimes
I just need one of multiple values, but this always bothers me somewhat.
Take for example
(let-values (([a b c] (values 1 2 3)))
(computation-with a))
Are the spurious bindings t
> > * Colon keywords -- Make symbols beginning with the colon character
> > read as keywords.
>
> +1, but I suspect that some people really prefer the #: because it
> makes the fact that it's only syntax apparent?
Count me among them. The #: is more consistent and typing one more
character doesn
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Neil Van Dyke wrote:
> Two syntax tweaks I'd like to see in Racket 5.4:
>
> * Colon keywords -- Make symbols beginning with the colon character read
> as keywords. Possibly also make keywords print as starting with colon
> rather than pound-colon. I know some pe
Two syntax tweaks I'd like to see in Racket 5.4:
* Colon keywords -- Make symbols beginning with the colon character read
as keywords. Possibly also make keywords print as starting with colon
rather than pound-colon. I know some people don't mind "#:", but I
don't like typing it or looking a
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