[m-rev.] for review: better error messages for lambda exprs

Paul Bone paul at bone.id.au
Wed May 11 12:11:15 AEST 2016


On Sun, May 08, 2016 at 05:04:58PM +1000, Zoltan Somogyi wrote:
> 
> Can people please vote: would you support or oppose such a change?
> 

Practically I tend to avoid code that uses words and symbols that have some
other special meaning.  I write module_ rather than module just to avoid the
syntax highlighting.  Therefore the change won't affect (much) of my code.

Philosophically I support making Mercury easier to use, especially for new
developers.  Language design wise I don't mind.

I support the change, I would also be happy with Peter's alternative of
providing a hint to developers in the error messages involving these
symbols.


-- 
Paul Bone


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