<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>I agree big time. It is pretty awkward to type and I completely understand the angst when having to type it!</div><div><br></div><div>$() seems like the better option, though maybe not as <b>nice </b>looking as \() (maybe it is on second thought?) it is much easier to type!</div><div><br></div><div>Brandon </div><div> <br>On Jun 21, 2016, at 5:22 PM, Saagar Jha via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">%, 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.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 2:14 PM Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">That said, I think it's nice that \, #, $, and @ are all used in unique scenarios. What about going a little classical with %?<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 16:10 Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" target="_blank">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
on Tue Jun 21 2016, Kenny Wyland <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" target="_blank">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> I'm new to the list and I just searched through the archives as best I<br>
> could to see if someone else had already brought this up, but I didn't find<br>
> anything. Forgive me if this horse has been beaten.<br>
><br>
> I find that typing \(var) is very disruptive to my typing flow. The more I<br>
> code in Swift, the more I like it, but every time I'm coding and then have<br>
> to hiccup while typing \ then ( causes me to be annoyed. I know, it's<br>
> minor, but it isn't a key combination that flows quickly.<br>
><br>
> I would much rather have $() or perhaps ${} (like Groovy lang) or perhaps<br>
> @() to go along with other uses of @ throughout the language.<br>
><br>
> A shifted key, like $ or @, followed by another shifted key like (, allows<br>
> for a much faster flow and they are much closer to the home keys than \<br>
> which is nearly as far from home keys as possible (and awkward).<br>
<br>
I'm forced to agree that \ is quite awkward for something that may be<br>
used so pervasively, and $ would likely meet more peoples' expectations.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Dave<br>
<br>
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