On 13 Apr 2006, at 18:43, Peter MacDonald wrote:

>  Another issue to document: collateral breakage:
> 
>    set x [.0 + 3]
>    ...
>    frame .0
>    ...
>    set x [.0 + 3]
> 
>  The first [set x] works, but not the second.    Maybe this suggests  
>  that the
>  syntax should require braces
> 
>    set x [(.0+3)]

But that breaks one of the core notions behind the TIP, which is that  
numbers are commands. That is why I am wary about solutions where the  
expressions can be made into commands themselves, such as

3+4 + 5

For me, it somewhat breaks the beauty in specification of this TIP,  
which spawns from the way every number would be a command. As  
mentioned, that does remind me of Smalltalk and some other OO  
languages and thus numbers are based on one important feature of the  
language, commands.

The .0 problem is a real one but, I believe, one which should be  
clearly stated in the manpage and that it should be made obvious why  
the correct form is [0.0 + 3].

            /  http://www.fishpool.com/~setok/



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