[eeps] New - EEP 44: Additional preprocessor directives

[Björn Gustavsson]

On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Robert Virding <rvirding@REDACTED> wrote:
> A minor question: why is it -if and -elif and not -if() and -elif() so it is
> consistent with -ifdef()?
>

It seems to me that it is easier to read without
the extra parenthesis, and that it makes the
more "active" -if/-elif directives visually different
from the "passive" attributes.

Note that it is still legal to add extra parenthesis
around the expression if you really want to.

/Björn

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Björn Gustavsson, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB