On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Nickolay Semyonov-Kolchin wrote:

> On Tuesday 08 April 2003 21:08, Brian Hurt wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am not seriously opposed to this, I just don't see the value.
> > >
> > > 1) This extension won't broke existing source code. Currently, we can't
> > > use '##' anywhere in Ocaml.
> >
> > Yep.  Checked that before posting.  It does mean you can't run your ocaml
> > code through the C preprocessor- although I have no clue why you'd want to
> > do that.
> 
> :)
> Run code through prepreprocessor, for removing '##' before running through 
> C-preprocessor.

Too bad that ## is the C preprocessor token-pasting symbol.  Otherwise 
that'd work.

> > If I'm working alone, this works.  If I'm working with other people, or on
> > other people's code, this may not be an option.
> >
> 
> Coding standards will help.

Ever been on a coding standards committee?  I have.  Loads of fun.  
Seriously, coding standards are a really good idea- when they can be 
enforced.  But there are lots of situations where they can't be.  One 
obvious example is open source.

> > Actually, personally I think ## is ugly, in that it looks entirely unlike
> > Ocaml's current comment-start sequence of (*.  At least with C++, /* and
> > // are similiar *visually*.
> 
> Setup color-scheme in your favourite editor to make comments similar 
> *visually*.

The language architects version of planting vines.  On the other hand, 
this complaint can be fixed simply by changing the keystroke combination, 
to say (| or (/ (the second being the obvious reference to C++'s /* and 
//).

> 
> P.S.
> 	This moved fast from technical field to religious. 
> 

I must have missed the technical phase of the conversation, then.  :-)

Brian


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