Jonathan (Jan 22 2025 at 15:53): Jonathan (Jan 22 2025 at 15:53):Hi again, just wondering if a shorthand syntax is being/has been considered for passing a record as the only argument to a function?
I know that syntax discussion like this can be a bit of a distraction, but I just thought I should make the case for allowing (in PNC):
f{x, y}
f{x: 1, y: 2}
as sugar for
f({x, y})
f({x: 1, y: 2})
given that anonymous records are the idiomatic and only way to do named arguments.
I'm not entirely convinced, as I found the syntax in Lua a tiny bit of a surprise when I was a beginner, and have no idea how this interacts with the rest of parsing or the Roc ethos, but thought it was worth asking?
Anton (Jan 22 2025 at 15:56):I'd like to keep it as is for simplicity but it is something we can consider some time in the future.
Jonathan (Jan 22 2025 at 15:57):Fair enough, thanks!
Notification Bot (Jan 22 2025 at 16:52):Jonathan has marked this topic as resolved.
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