I'd support $() as is in use by other languages, including Kotlin, as mentioned it seems less disruptive and more inline with the tokenised parameters that are already supported in closures.
> On 21 Jun 2016, at 21:43, Kenny Wyland via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm new to the list and I just searched through the archives as best I could > to see if someone else had already brought this up, but I didn't find > anything. Forgive me if this horse has been beaten. > > I find that typing \(var) is very disruptive to my typing flow. The more I > code in Swift, the more I like it, but every time I'm coding and then have to > hiccup while typing \ then ( causes me to be annoyed. I know, it's minor, but > it isn't a key combination that flows quickly. > > I would much rather have $() or perhaps ${} (like Groovy lang) or perhaps @() > to go along with other uses of @ throughout the language. > > A shifted key, like $ or @, followed by another shifted key like (, allows > for a much faster flow and they are much closer to the home keys than \ which > is nearly as far from home keys as possible (and awkward). > > Thoughts? > > Kenny Wyland > InADayDevelopment.com > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list [email protected] https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
