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0 pointsnikolay9y ago0 comments

Not a good enough reason, sorry! With syntax coloring, it's less irrelevant as well.

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When we start talking about syntax coloring, you know we're just one step closer to actually debating the color of a literal bike-shed!

Jokes aside, what would your highlighting do in this case?

nikolayOP9y ago

It would make the function name stand out from the parameters. Again, to pick one unintuitive abbrevation, just because it's a 3-letter one like let, it's just not serious! Make all be 3:

    type -> typ
    switch -> swi
    if -> iff
    else -> els
    in -> inn
    downto -> dow
    module -> mod

Call you language 3-letter reason. You see how it ridiculous it gets? You can't make all keywords be 3-letter and if people care about alignment, they can further align, but most don't care as much as you think!

jordwalke9y ago

It doesn't have to be three letters, keywords can be odd numbers and achieve a similar effect - also, we likely will use the `mod` keyword instead of `module` fwiw.

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jordwalke9y ago

When we start talking about syntax coloring, you know we're just one step closer to actually debating the color of a literal bike-shed!

Jokes aside, what would your highlighting do in this case?

nikolayOP9y ago

It would make the function name stand out from the parameters. Again, to pick one unintuitive abbrevation, just because it's a 3-letter one like let, it's just not serious! Make all be 3:

    type -> typ
    switch -> swi
    if -> iff
    else -> els
    in -> inn
    downto -> dow
    module -> mod

jordwalke9y ago

It doesn't have to be three letters, keywords can be odd numbers and achieve a similar effect - also, we likely will use the `mod` keyword instead of `module` fwiw.

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