[nem-en] loving Nemerle

[Sean L. Palmer]

>>Great job, keep it up, and I very much look forward to trying out the
>>indentation-based syntax in a future release.  And are there plans to
>>infer types of private class methods?  (cuz i'll gladly test-drive
>>that too :)
>>    
>>
>
>Thanks! I'm also curious if people will find the indentation syntax
>useful in Nemerle.
>Some already tried: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/akiramei/20051020#p1
>Indeed, language have a different feel this way, though I would be a
>little bit scary about whitespaces ruling semantics of my program...
>We are planning a new release soon and this feature will be there for everybody.
>  
>
I thought about this recently and it seems to be more of an IDE display 
and UI issue than anything.

Think about it, why can the IDE not take code like this:

foo { bar { baz } } bam

and display it to you as you edit, like this:

foo
     bar
          baz
bam

but you can configure the indentation level.  Or if you really like the 
brackets, like this:

foo {
    bar {
        baz
    }
}
bam

Or in fact in any other way which you find easier to edit! 

When saving, it converts indentation back into brackets so that it will 
compile.  In fact it could be implemented as a preprocessor that 
converts Nemerle embedded in HTML into raw text Nemerle.  (then use a 
WYSIWYG HTML editor to write code.)  I am not sure why people refuse to 
leave pure ascii text editors behind in the dustbin of history.  
Similarly, why do people still hate HTML email? 

>Yes, the inference on global level is a planned feature:
>http://nemerle.org/bugs/view.php?id=213
>And it is quite probable that Michal will implement it sooner or
>later, as this is a subtopic of his PhD studies.
>
That will be wonderful.

Keep up the good work guys.  I hope to have time to play more with 
Nemerle soon.

Sean