[erlang-patches] Scan "=<<" as something useful

[Robert Virding]

Well, I can honestly say I never encounter it so that doesn't prove anything either way. Just put spaces around = and you will get easier to read code as well. IMAO

Robert

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Ramine" <n.oxyde@REDACTED>
> To: mc@REDACTED
> Cc: "Robert Virding" <robert.virding@REDACTED>, "Erlang Patches" <erlang-patches@REDACTED>
> Sent: Sunday, 28 April, 2013 4:59:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [erlang-patches] Scan "=<<" as something useful
> 
> Hello Pedram,
> 
> I will also add that most often I get hit by that bug in the shell,
> not in compiled modules. It is quite annoying to encounter an
> avoidable syntax error in the REPL while testing new things and
> doing "Bin=<<>>".
> 
> Regards
> 
> --
> Anthony Ramine
> 
> Le 28 avr. 2013 à 05:36, Pedram Nimreezi a écrit :
> 
> > While I completely agree with this sentiment- I don't agree the
> > good outweighs the bad here..
> > 
> > - I think it is a real language wart.
> > - I think it is inconsistent with other types.
> > - I think time spent looking for this error is wasted time.
> > - I believe that at best this should warn and not error.
> > 
> > Lastly, I consider this a byproduct of incomplete scanning and
> > should be corrected not celebrated..
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Robert Virding
> > <robert.virding@REDACTED> wrote:
> > I don't want to be a wet blanket but I feel that in general having
> > blanks between operators is a Good Thing which improves
> > legibility. So I don't really like a syntax change which supports
> > not having blanks between operators.
> > 
> > Robert
> > 
> > From: "Pedram Nimreezi" <mc@REDACTED>
> > To: "Sean Cribbs" <sean@REDACTED>
> > Cc: "Erlang Patches" <erlang-patches@REDACTED>
> > Sent: Monday, 22 April, 2013 11:06:24 AM
> > Subject: Re: [erlang-patches] Scan "=<<" as something useful
> > 
> > 
> > Good erlang wart to remove...  +1
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Sean Cribbs <sean@REDACTED>
> > wrote:
> > I can't count how many times this has bitten me, kudos.
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Anthony Ramine
> > <n.oxyde@REDACTED> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I've noticed that Erlang/OTP own code tend to be space-free, e.g.
> > {a,
> > b} is rather written as {a,b}. Then there is the occasional Bin=
> > <<42>> with a space because erl_scan will scans "=<<" as '=<','<'
> > instead of '=','<<'. This patch teaches erl_scan how to not do
> > that.
> > 
> > There is no backwards compatibility problem as '=<','<' can't
> > appear
> > in valid code.
> > 
> >         git fetch https://github.com/nox/otp.git
> >         disambiguate-equal-binary
> > 
> >         https://github.com/nox/otp/compare/disambiguate-equal-binary
> >         https://github.com/nox/otp/compare/disambiguate-equal-binary.patch
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
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