Re: Lush 2, priorities for a first release

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Ralf Juengling wrote:

> Since with this release we allow ourselves to break
> compatibility with Lush 1.x, my priority for this first
> Lush 2.x release is to make as many of those changes that
> require breaking backwards compatibility as possible.

I did not put this very well. Breaking compatibility is always
disruptive and should be an exceptional measure for improving
the language. I'm sure some of us have a little wish list of
language additions or changes in their back of their heads.
Since the next major release update is in the indefinite future,
let's use this window of opportunity and focus efforts now on
those items on our lists that require breaking compatibility.

What about making lexical scoping the default? Would this be a
welcome change? And is it realistic to implement this within a
few weeks?

Cheers,
Ralf


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