[erlang-patches] [erlang-bugs] R16 breaks dots
Anthony Ramine
n.oxyde@REDACTED
Thu Apr 4 15:45:58 CEST 2013
Hello Björn,
Could we have more details about why the Technical Board decided that?
Regards,
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Anthony Ramine
Le 4 avr. 2013 à 15:38, Björn Gustavsson a écrit :
>
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Anthony Ramine <n.oxyde@REDACTED> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I wrote a patch that allows dotted atoms everywhere in the syntax but record expressions, where they would be ambiguous. I wrote no tests as I have no idea where they should go. Furthermore, I think that maybe the pretty-printer should be patched to not quote dotted atoms outside record expressions.
>
> git fetch https://github.com/nox/otp.git restore-dotted-atoms
>
> https://github.com/nox/otp/compare/erlang:maint...restore-dotted-atoms
> https://github.com/nox/otp/compare/erlang:maint...restore-dotted-atoms.patch
>
>
> Rejected.
>
> The Technical Board did discuss the matter of dots in atoms and
> decided that the support should be removed along with packages.
>
> /Bjorn
>
> --
> Björn Gustavsson, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
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