samth
2017-3-18 15:17:31

@robby I think I’ve seen ...+ in papers


robby
2017-3-18 15:27:35

I may have too. It doesn’t seem that common tho.


greg
2017-3-18 19:22:22

Speaking of which should we maybe add ...+ (as an alias for ..1) to racket/match?

I’ve had a few dummy moments where I’ve worked with syntax/parse for awhile… then try to use ...+ with match. And because ...+ is a valid identifier the error message is just “no matching pattern” — or worse maybe it does match, somehow.


notjack
2017-3-18 19:26:39

@greg Definitely open an issue for that, seems like an easy usability win


lexi.lambda
2017-3-19 00:48:05

I think that’s technically not backwards compatible, but I can’t imagine anyone would intentionally bind ...+ as an identifier.


greg
2017-3-19 05:04:54

Oh dang you’re right about compatibility.


greg
2017-3-19 05:07:48

Although I wouldn’t pick ...+ as an identifier, I try to use lots of Morse code identifiers like ...___.... Teammates love that! ¯_(ツ)_/¯