[eeps] Request for comments on EEP-25 "Unnesting cases"

mats cronqvist masse@REDACTED
Mon Jan 26 17:17:18 CET 2009


Bjorn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@REDACTED> writes:

> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 6:56 PM, mats cronqvist <masse@REDACTED> wrote:
>> Robert Virding <rvirding@REDACTED> writes:
>>
>>>  Using try for both try and case would make it more difficult
>>> to understand the sense in a program and confuse the issue.
>>
>>  You state that as if it's a law of nature. i find that
>>  intellectually weak.
>>
>>  I like the proposal. reason being that the fewer redundant keywords
>>  a language has, the easier it is to grasp. Being able to obsolete
>>  case and if would be a big win.
>
> You state that as if it's a law of nature. :-)

  at least i tried :>

> It is not obvious to me that fewer keywords makes a language easier
> to grasp.

  i said "fewer redundant keywords."

  mats



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