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On 2019-10-27 7:00 a.m., Michal Kottman wrote:
On Sat, Oct 26, 2019, 7:37 PM Soni "They/Them" L. <fakedme@gmail.com <mailto:fakedme@gmail.com>> wrote: 

    In EXP context, but not EXPLIST context, I see no particular
    reason why
    we couldn't do it with variables:

    local foo = a b () -- equivalent to "local foo = a; b()"
    local foo = (a b ()) -- equivalent to "local foo = a(b)()"


Can you explain how the second one works? Why is it not "a(b())"?



a "b" () --> a("b")()
(a b ()) --> a(b)()

it would remain consistent with existing language rules.