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

[Kurt Werle]

I really don't like \.  I'd prefer just about any of the shift keys
(!@#$%^&).

That said, I would shut up and cope if xCode did the right thing when you
were typing a \ inside "'s and just filled in the () and placed the cursor
in the right spot.  I guess that would upset folks that type a lot of
\otherstuff in "'s, but I could live with that.

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Saagar Jha via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> 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 <
> 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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