Re: Language constructs and callability

From: Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 04:28:18 +0000
Subject: Re: Language constructs and callability
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Sara Golemon wrote:
> Well, now... to be fair... You could make them functions and use the same
> parser trick the backtick operator uses. to map the non-parenthesized
> versions.... feels messy though.  I'd just hate to get stuck with a hacky
> workaround like that for the long term.

That's what I meant by the "backwards compatibility layer". Not saying
we have to deprecate the use as a construct, but why can't we enable the
use as a function (and hence, callback, etc)? It feels less cleaner from
my point of view (userland).

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Ryan McCue
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