Re: Lua and composition

[Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>]

2017-03-02 0:59 GMT+02:00 Tim Hill <drtimhill@gmail.com>:
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> On Feb 28, 2017, at 10:50 PM, Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2017-03-01 3:10 GMT+02:00 Soni L. <fakedme@gmail.com>:
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>
> Quick standard questionnaire, marks from 0 to 10, 5=neutral,
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> 1. Clarity of proposal?
> 2. New idea?
> 3. Do opportunities for using it arise often?
> 4. Will it improve clarity of coding?
> 5. Efficiency?
> 6. Attractiveness of implementation?
>
> My ratings:
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> 10, 0 (the OP himself claimed to have proposed this before April 2016 [1]),
> 8, 10, 5, 2 (prefer the way suggested in [2]).
>
> Cloud Wu has pointed out the start of the previous thread; my references
> also come from there.
>
> That time, only the three of us endorsed the idea. Maybe its time has
> now come.
>
> [1] http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2016-04/msg00186.html
> [2] http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2016-04/msg00184.html
>
>
> I’m not sure of the clarity of “v.v:x.y:a.b:name(args)” .. my head spins
> when tings get that deeply nested. However, I do agree that a:b.c(args) does
> make sense, so +1 to that.

Soni has proved to me that I did indeed propose the multi-colon
version some time ago, so I must confess and ask absolution for
that sin, but my current preference is also to allow one colon only.