On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
Nick Coghlan wrote:
We've had this discussion before, and any use of "as" should be to bind to a name on the RHS
I don't remember any consensus being reached on this. My opinion is that imposing any such restriction on the use of "as" would be a foolish consistency that rules out a lot of natural-sounding constructs.
As far as I recall, it wasn't consensus, it was Guido saying "No!" to something I suggested and then me agreeing that his objections made sense :) (I forget what I was proposing at the time, though, I just remember it involved a "NAME as EXPR" clause and Guido really didn't like it for the reasons I gave) Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia