[erlang-questions] erlang improvement - objective c (or smalltalk) syntax

[Pierpaolo Bernardi]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Joe Armstrong <erlang@REDACTED> wrote:


> Solution: write the call like this.
>
>       string:substring( string:S start:I length:J)
>
> This could be expanded into a canonical form:
>
>       string:substring_start_string_length(S, I, J)
>
> where the tags are sorted.


You mean

string:substring_start_string_length(I, S, J)

I suppose?


> This would also make the definitions of functions *shorter*
> and almost self-documenting
>
> ie: today I might write something
>
>         f123(FileName, Mode) ->
>                Fin = FileName ++ ".erl",
>                Fout = FileName ++ ".beam",
>                compile(Fin, Fout, Mode).
>
> whereas I could write
>
>         f123(filename:F mode:M) ->
>                Fin = F ++ ".erl",
>                Fout = F++ ".beam",
>                compile(Fin, Fout, M).


Like others have already commented, I too don't consider this an
improvement.

Cheers
P.