[OT] Spaces/tabs (Was: simple display (from: GUI library for D))

[spir]

On 04/14/2011 07:58 PM, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote:
> spir wrote:
>> Actually, I have never been pleased that func defs (1) look like func
>> calls (2) have an exceptional syntax compared to other definitions. I'd
>> like instead eg:
>>
>>      square = function (int n) int {
>>          return n * n;
>>      }
>>
> 	That is still different from other definitions where the type comes
> first.

True. I was firstly evoking the "x = y" form.

>  But the following would work too:
>
> function (int n) int square = {
>     return n*n;
> }
>
> 	And both would be easier to parse to boot:)

Yes, I like your format as well.

>  There are actually
> languages out there with this kind of syntax.

Yop, I know (my example was Lua-like: we are not reinventing the wheel ;-)

Denis
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