DIP53 and DIP49 (ver2) - New definitions for qualified constructors and postblits

Joseph Rushton Wakeling joseph.wakeling at webdrake.net
Fri Dec 20 05:07:02 PST 2013


On 20/12/13 09:42, bearophile wrote:
> A new keyword is a flag that you have found something different. It makes it
> simpler to learn.
>
> [... ]
>
> Giving different names to different ideas makes them less complex :-)

Seems to me there's something of a sweet spot to be found between minimizing the 
total number of keywords in use, adequately expressing the diversity of ideas, 
and taking advantage of overlapping (not identical) concepts to simplify 
language usability.  But ...

> (We are bikeshedding a little.)

... yes :-)  So I'll bow out here.



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