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Re^4: What esteemed monks think about changes necessary/desirable in Perl 7 outside of OO staff

by Fletch (Bishop)
on Sep 10, 2020 at 19:27 UTC ( [id://11121571]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^3: What esteemed monks think about changes necessary/desirable in Perl 7 outside of OO staff
in thread What esteemed monks think about changes necessary/desirable in Perl 7 outside of OO staff

More or less agree WRT mismatched closing curlies. I see it pretty much entirely as an editor issue.

(I mean isn't that the whole python argument for Semantic-Whitespace-As-Grouping? At least I recall that ("Your editor will keep it straight") being seriously offered as a valid dismissal of the criticism against S-W-A-G . . .)

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Re^5: What esteemed monks think about changes necessary/desirable in Perl 7 outside of OO staff
by likbez (Sexton) on Sep 10, 2020 at 21:37 UTC
    I mean isn't that the whole python argument for Semantic-Whitespace-As-Grouping?
    No the argument is different, but using indentation to determine block nesting does allow multiple closure of blocks, as a side effect. Python invented mixed solution when there is an opening bracket (usually ":") and there is no closing bracket -- instead the change in indent is used as the proxy for the presence the closing bracket.

    The problem is that it breaks too many other things, so here the question "whether it worth it" would be more appropriate, then in the case of soft semicolons or "reverse labels on "}" like "}LABEL" .

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