[nem-en] out / ref

Igor Tkachev it at rsdn.ru
Thu Sep 28 03:12:55 CEST 2006


Hello Michal,

> Any suggestions what to use instead of _ in for partial application?

I would not change anything. It does not look confusing at all.
I think the '_' was a great find. It's short, clear, means not
important or substitution. Even if it does have a little bit different
meaning depending on context, it's OK.

Lets take for example the ':' character in C#:

class A : B
where T : B
case 1 : break;
a == null? 0 : 1;

Do you have any problem with ':' here?

What about
'*' and '&' in C++ and C++/CLI?
'^' and '%' in C++/CLI?
'=' in VB and SQL?
'?' in C#?
unary and binary '+' and '-'?
'<', '>' in C++ and C#?
'[', ']' in Nemerle?

-- 
Best regards,
 Igor                            mailto:it at rsdn.ru





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