I agree big time. It is pretty awkward to type and I completely understand the angst when having to type it!
$() seems like the better option, though maybe not as nice looking as \() (maybe it is on second thought?) it is much easier to type! Brandon > On Jun 21, 2016, at 5:22 PM, Saagar Jha via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > %, at least to me, suggests distant evaluation; i.e. parameter passing at the > end. $ seems more like an in-place evaluation, like how bash does it. > >> On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 2:14 PM Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> That said, I think it's nice that \, #, $, and @ are all used in unique >> scenarios. What about going a little classical with %? >>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 16:10 Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> on Tue Jun 21 2016, Kenny Wyland <[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). >>> >>> I'm forced to agree that \ is quite awkward for something that may be >>> used so pervasively, and $ would likely meet more peoples' expectations. >>> >>> -- >>> Dave >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > -- > -Saagar Jha > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
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