[erlang-questions] comma-less lists and tuples
Richard Carlsson
richardc@REDACTED
Wed Sep 20 17:58:00 CEST 2006
Thomas Lindgren wrote:
> in Erlang as we know it, the comma-less notation is
> ambiguous, e.g.
>
> {X andalso Y} = {(X andalso Y)} or {X, 'andalso', Y}?
>
> So that would have to be fixed first. Anyway, those who are
> interested could have a go at erl_parse.yrl and see whether it can be
> done.
I think you'll find this to be the main snag:
{F (1+X) Y} = {F(1+X), Y} or {F, 1+X, Y}
/Richard
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