[racket-dev] P4P: A Syntax Proposal

From: Shriram Krishnamurthi (sk at cs.brown.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 28 19:02:43 EDT 2010

>  Even without Scheme
> syntax extension to simplify things, the simple economizing of typing "))))"
> instead of "});});" would help, IMHO.
>
> Here's a real-world example that I blogged earlier this year: I had just
> then typed the line of code "annosJson);});}});}".

My favorite is these two lines:

                      {title: placesToShow[j].name}));});})
    (i);};}

In P4P, as currently constituted, two of the braces disappear, and
there aren't any semi-colons.

Shriram


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