"body" keyword is unnecessary

KennyTM~ kennytm at gmail.com
Thu Mar 24 06:37:12 PDT 2011


On Mar 24, 11 19:00, sclytrack wrote:
> == Quote from piotrek (starpit at tlen.pl)'s article
>> On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:17:32 +0100, Alvaro wrote:
>>> D already has a long list of keywords, reserved words can't be used as
>>> identifiers, which can be annoying. "body" in particular is a common
>>> noun that programmers would gladly use as a variable name in physics
>>> simulation, astronomy, mechanics, games, health, etc. I think "body" can
>>> be removed from D with no harm, and with the benefit of allowing the
>>> name as identifier.
>> yes, please
>> body is also a html tag
>> Cheers
>> Piotrek
>
> Copied the following line from the Vala (=mostly reference counted language) web page.
>
> "It is possible to use a reserved keyword as identifier name by prefixing it with
> the @ character. This character is not part of the name. For example, you can name
> a method foreach by writing @foreach, even though this is a reserved Vala keyword."
>
> My body is hungry and starving.
>
>

How is this better than _body or body_?


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