[swift-evolution] Thoughts on replacing \() with $() or some other symbol

[Jonathan Cotton]

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 <swift-evolution at swift.org> 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
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