Re: syntax sugar for functions

[eugeny gladkih <john@...>]

> On 8 Oct 2021, at 09:49, Robert Burke <sharpobject@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Indeed, the syntax proposed is currently valid:
> 
>> a = setmetatable({}, {__call=function(_,x) print(x[1][1]) end, __add=function(a,b) return b end})
>> (a){{ a + 2 }}
> 2

JS way:

(a) => a + 2
() => b + 2
=> b+2

LISP like

` b+2
(a) ` a+2

both are worse

> 
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 6:59 PM Spar <developspartv@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Your syntactic sugar basically adds entirely new syntax which is not used anywhere in language. These {{ }} are crazy and ambiguous
>> On 7 Oct 2021, 12:56 +0300, eugeny gladkih <john@drweb.com>, wrote:
>> 
>> hi,
>> 
>> what about funny syntax sugar for functions definition, lazy people are welcome to upvote
>> 
>> function( a ) return a + 2 end -> (a){{ a + 2 }}
>> function() do-something end -> (){{ do-something }}
>> {{ do-something }}
>> 
>> good for small functions passing as parameter. the idea is that list in {{ }} returns the last calculated expression (or the list)
>> 
>> --
>> Yours sincerely, Eugeny.
>> +33 6 38 52 27 93


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Yours sincerely, Eugeny.
+33 6 38 52 27 93