On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 11:55:12AM -0330, Riobard Zhan wrote:
On 6-Feb-09, at 11:39 AM, Oleg Broytmann wrote:
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 11:23:32AM -0330, Riobard Zhan wrote:
What do you think the idea of making semicolons optional?
You are trying to change the language - and changing the language is a major, big scale change - but you are trying to change the language for nothing. Small inconsistency (even if I'd agree there is an inconsistency there) doesn't by itself warrant such a major change. -1000 for the change.
Making colons is not a major, big scale change.
It is, because it is now a part of *the language*. Changing the language is always a major change. If you don't understand - well, we failed to communicate, and I am stopping now. You have to learn to live with small inconsistencies.
By comparison, what do we get by making "print" a function? Why not create a "put" or "echo" built-in function if we really want the flexibility? Isn't that a major, big scale change?
Yes, it was a major change, and it warranted a new major release - 3.0. Oleg. -- Oleg Broytmann http://phd.pp.ru/ phd@phd.pp.ru Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.