Re: Thoughts on new syntax for toclose

[Sean Conner <sean@...>]

It was thus said that the Great Dibyendu Majumdar once stated:
> The latest commits show the syntax <toclose> being adopted instead of *toclose.

  There's also <const> as well.  But you can't combine them:

	do
	  local <toclose> f = io.open(foo)	-- okay
	  local <const>   x = 5			-- okay
	  local <toclose> <const> g = io.open(bar) -- error
          local <const> <toclose> h = io.open(baz) -- also error
	end

> Aesthetically I find the new syntax to be nicer, but this still has
> the problem that the previous syntax had; which is that the symbol '<'
> has meaning in expressions therefore using this symbol (like the *
> symbol) may restrict the ability to use extensions inside expressions.
> Of course extensions will always be restricted to local declarations
> in which case it doesn't matter.

	do
	  local *toclose f = io.open(foo)
	  local *const   x = 5
	end

	do
	  local @toclose f = io.open(foo)
	  local @const   x = 5
	end

  Eh.  I tend to prefer the '@' syntax, but only because '@' has no current
use in Lua.  But I can live with this.

  But the latest manual for Lua 5.4 still mentions the old syntax.

  -spc