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

[Saagar Jha]

%, 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 <
swift-evolution at swift.org> 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 <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> on Tue Jun 21 2016, Kenny Wyland <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).
>>
>> 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
>>
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