19 Sep
2005
19 Sep
'05
5:43 p.m.
Gareth McCaughan
The problems with syntax are
1 It adds cognitive load. 2 It makes your code look like line noise. 3 It reduces options for future development. 4 It complicates the parser.
I don't know about #4, but I suspect it (along with the related "it requires work, and there isn't much benefit from it") is the best argument against this proposal.
I don't think the parser would get measureably more complex, but I believe that any work to support this uncommon (from my experience) operation, rather than the dozens of other usable RFEs in the tracker, would be misspent time. - Josiah