Variable declaration primary expression
Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole
richard at cattermole.co.nz
Tue Jan 21 01:18:08 UTC 2025
On 21/01/2025 12:23 PM, IchorDev wrote:
> On Monday, 20 January 2025 at 21:08:09 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew
> Cattermole wrote:
>> On 21/01/2025 9:41 AM, IchorDev wrote:
>>> Someone brought up this clever idea here: https://github.com/dlang/
>>> dmd/ pull/20653#issuecomment-2581474608
>>> What does everyone think about being able to declare variables in
>>> expressions? Is there any pre-existing syntax that blocks us from
>>> being able to easily do this?
>>
>> I don't know about syntax, but rewrites do use VarDeclaration in an
>> expression (including CommaExpression).
>>
>> I'd call this long overdue if it works in syntax.
>
> What do you mean by ‘works in syntax’?
I just mean that if there are no problems in the grammar then it would
be a good addition.
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