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On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 01:54:10PM -0500, Jesse Vincent wrote:
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>
> I'd like to focus this discussion somewhat narrowly for a bit:
>
> Why _shouldn't_ we bless ->? as the correct syntax for "defined/safe
> dereference"?
It looks awkward. Arrows have a line of symmetry. ? breaks the symmetry. &
isn't symmetric either, but if you squint your eyes, it's kind of
symmetric. Also, arrows should have pointy things at the end. ? is quite
blunt. My votes go for, in that order:
->>
==>
-=>
&&->
-&>
which are more or less symmetric, and end in pointy things.
Abigail
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