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- Subject: Re: require() multiple parameters
- From: Rena <hyperhacker@...>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:33:22 -0400
On 2012-09-28 6:10 AM, "steve donovan" <steve.j.donovan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Rena <hyperhacker@gmail.com> wrote:
> > any means of implementing it other than as a patch to the standard library
> > end up outweighing the benefits.
>
> I would agree with that. And if we're patching then we might as well
> remove all the extra keystrokes and violations of "don't repeat
> yourself' and go for:
>
> import bread, butter, jelly
>
> with the understanding that these tables are injected as locals. This
> can't be done with a library, and this isn't the first time this
> syntax suggestion has been made.
Ah, but then you're making some fairly significant changes (new keyword, new syntax) versus just changing how an existing function processes its arguments.
