Discussion Thread: DIP 1044--Enum Type Inference--Community Review Round 1

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On Friday, 25 November 2022 at 09:53:34 UTC, Dukc wrote:
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> It's exactly the other way IMO -- whether the feature gets in 
> at all, and the technical considerations of it are more 
> important. As a programmer, whether the syntax will be 
> `$identifier`, `.identifier`, `_.identifier`, `$.identifier`, 
> `#identifier`, `#.identifier`, or something else is secondary. 
> We can of course debate which of these looks the best, but 
> disagreements of taste on questions like that should not block 
> the DIP.
>
> You're demanding `.identifier` for a better reason - that is, 
> avoiding reserving any new syntax. I don't agree with that 
> either, but at least it's a technical argument as opposed to 
> mere bikeshedding. So I'm not singling you two with what I 
> wrote above, instead I'm aiming at this thread in general.

Syntax aesthetics play a big part in language design. Also 
alignment with other popular languages is also an argument.

Yes, if the syntax of a new feature looks like a behind of camel, 
then it is better that the feature is postponed.