[erlang-questions] some language changes

[Anthony Shipman]

On Monday 21 May 2007 18:10, Joe Armstrong wrote:
> Now the book is done I've been thinking about some language changes.

>
> 3. Extended string syntax: idea - put an atom *before the string quote
>     to say what the string means and to *change* the syntax rules that
> apply to the string content.
>
>      X = C "......"
>           C = a control atom
>
>        X = regexp " ... "
>
>           = html " .... "
>

Isn't that just a function call C("...") to inject the string into some new 
type? Being able to define a new abstract type would be a big improvement in 
the language.

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