Alternate declaration syntax

[Hans W. Uhlig]

Koroskin Denis wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:26:24 +0400, Hans W. Uhlig 
> <huhlig at clickconsulting.com> wrote:
> 
>> Ok, Posting to the main forum so it doesn't get lost in the const stuff.
>>
>> Perhaps a slight variation to the C declaration might be in order, 
>> since I know that multiple return values are wanted, a simple and 
>> readable syntax for inheritance is needed (using : as an inheritor 
>> does not make code more readable) try this out and see if it makes it 
>> clearer
>>
>> <modifiers,...> <identifier> <properties,...> {...}
>>
>> such that:
>> const foo(const int, const double) §
>>      throws barExtension §
>>      returns const int, const float
>> {
>>      // ... code ...
>> }
>>
>> same for classes:
>>
>> const class foo § extends bar {
>>      const int x;
>>      pure foo(const int, const double) § returns invariant string;
>>      // ... more code ...
>> }
>>
>> (Note: § is used as a divider because no one uses it for anything in 
>> programming and I didn't want to start an argument over : or | or ; or 
>> any other punctuation being used elsewhere and being bad, quite 
>> possible punctuation wouldn't be neccessary)
>>
>> It looks like a hideous cross between java and visual basic but it is 
>> clean, readable, simple to machine parse(I think) and descriptive. 
>> using slightly longer keywords makes a language a little more verbose, 
>> but it also makes it readable. if you want to use punctuation for 
>> everything you get what happened to perl when someone got a little too 
>> creative
>>
>> `$=`;$_=\%!;($_)=/(.)/;$==++$|;($.,$/,$,,$\,$",$;,$^,$#,$~,$*,$:,@%)=(
>> $!=~/(.)(.).(.)(.)(.)(.)..(.)(.)(.)..(.)......(.)/,$"),$=++;$.++;$..++;
>> $_++;$_++;($_,$\,$,)=($~.$"."$;$/$%[$?]$_$\$,$:$%[$?]",$"&$~,$#,);$,++
>> ;$,++;$^|=$";`$_$\$,$/$:$;$~$*$%[$?]$.$~$*${#}$%[$?]$;$\$"$^$~$*.>&$=`
> 
> 
> Yeah, except that I (and many others) don't have that sign on my 
> keyboard <g>
> Did you mean $, not §? IMO, colon serves the purpose better.
> 
> Other than this, I like Jave-style throwable list. I believe it makes 
> DBC more powerful.
> I would also like to see thread safety attribute as well, but it could 
> be a pain for compiler to verify.

I used § as a placeholder, I was looking more for the syntax then the 
punctuation I prefer using a : or none at all if possible. I just used § 
to stem off a horrendous debate on the merits and flaws of the colon.