Syntax & notation

[xarvh]

Following https://www.vidarholen.net/~vidar/An_Empirical_Investigation_into_Programming_Language_Syntax.pdf there is a case to use:

• is in place of = for definitions

  • Pro: less confusion between = and ==
  • Con: more confusion between is and as (the formatter could accept both in record literals?)

• not= in place of /=

[xarvh]

Should blocks have an explicit end?

• In case of try..as, if..else, this could be useful

• In case of function bodies, it would be a problem for one-liners and do-chains.

[xarvh]

Use any instead of _?

[xarvh]

if .. then
   ...
else if .. then
   ...
else
    ...
>> xx

Should apply xx to the whole else..if block

[xarvh]

Merge with https://github.com/xarvh/squarepants/wiki/Parser---Lexer-issues