A Discussion of Tuple Syntax
Mr. Anonymous
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Tue Aug 20 03:44:58 PDT 2013
On Tuesday, 20 August 2013 at 10:38:30 UTC, eles wrote:
> On Friday, 16 August 2013 at 21:07:52 UTC, Meta wrote:
>> A good, comprehensive design has the potential to make tuples
>> easy to use and understand, and hopefully clear up the
>> unpleasant situation we have currently. A summary of what has
>> been discussed so far:
>>
>> - (a, b) is the prettiest syntax, and it also completely
>> infeasible
>>
>> - {a, b} is not as pretty, but it's not that bad of an
>> alternative (though it may still have issues as well)
>>
>> - #(a, b) is unambiguous and would probably be the easiest
>> option. I don't think it looks too bad, but some people might
>> find it ugly and noisy
>
> What about:
>
> !!(a, b)
>
> ? Yes, is long, but is type-able quite fast.
>
> Alternative would be:
>
> ??(a, b)
>
> .
It's not only long, but also ugly (IMO of course).
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