Re: New EEP draft: Pinning operator ^ in patterns
Nicolas Martyanoff <[email protected]>
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On 2021-01-15 16:35, Raimo Niskanen wrote: > And I want to get clarity about exactly why so many developers are worried > about this particular proposed change, and therefore try to look thoroughly > at the arguments. > > It is as you say a fundamental detail in the language. > > 1) Would the language be a better language with a mandatory pinning operator? > > 2) If so is there a migration path worth the trouble? > > So far I think the discussion has been centered around 2), > before talking about 1). I believe that lots of developers, me included, have been clear about 1: the language would be more complicated, for something cryptic that does not really bring anything to the table. -- Nicolas Martyanoff http://snowsyn.net [email protected]