[e-lang] Overgeneralization: object+assignment syntax

[Kevin Reid]

On Jul 23, 2006, at 9:52, David Hopwood wrote:
> Kevin Reid wrote:
>>    x {}
>> ->
>>    x := { def x {} }
>
> <subjective> Yuck. </subjective>

As I already wrote:

>> Again, I don't seriously think this syntax should be included (and  
>> "<expr> { ... }" is probably more useful for something else); it  
>> is merely an Obvious Generalization.

> Anyway, wouldn't it conflict with lambda-args?

No; lambda-args, as I understand it, always involves at least an  
argument list and a keyword before the block. However, lambda-args is  
the kind of 'something else' that I was thinking of.

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Kevin Reid                            <http://homepage.mac.com/kpreid/>