Type | Wish | Status | waiting | Date | 28-Sep-2010 18:53 |
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Version | alpha 107 | Category | Datatype | Submitted by | abolka |
Platform | All | Severity | minor | Priority | normal |
Summary | Rename the issue! datatype |
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Description | Given the recent changes in semantics of this datatype, I do think it is no longer appropriate to stick to the current name. Especially in the light of the behaviour described in #1663, this could be a significant source of confusion for programmers coming from R2. This source of confusion is a totally unnecessary one, which we can easily get rid of by renaming the datatype to something more appropriate. The new name should probably indicate that this datatype is a member of the any-word! family by sticking to the *-word! convention. |
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Assigned to | n/a | Fixed in | - | Last Update | 29-Sep-2010 18:09 |
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Comments | |
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(0002552)
abolka 28-Sep-2010 19:01 |
issue! is currently described as "It is defined as an identifying marker word" therefore "mark-word!" might be appropriate.
Other options would be "hash-word!" or "hex-word!". Given that the #-sign is also referred to as octothorpe, we could also go with "oct-word!". "pre-word!" would be another option hinting at the use in preprocessors or dialects. |
(0002554)
maxim 28-Sep-2010 19:59 |
keyword! or label! |
(0002555)
meijeru 28-Sep-2010 21:30 |
key! is even shorter (not a requirement) or key-word!, on the model of set-word! etc. |
(0002563)
Carl 29-Sep-2010 18:08 |
Discussion: http://www.rebol.net/r3blogs/0338.html |
Date | User | Field | Action | Change |
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29-Sep-2010 18:13 | carl | Comment : 0002563 | Modified | - |
29-Sep-2010 18:09 | carl | Status | Modified | submitted => waiting |
29-Sep-2010 18:08 | carl | Comment : 0002563 | Added | - |
28-Sep-2010 21:30 | meijeru | Comment : 0002555 | Added | - |
28-Sep-2010 19:59 | maxim | Comment : 0002554 | Added | - |
28-Sep-2010 19:05 | abolka | Description | Modified | - |
28-Sep-2010 19:01 | abolka | Comment : 0002552 | Added | - |
28-Sep-2010 18:54 | abolka | Description | Modified | - |
28-Sep-2010 18:53 | abolka | Ticket | Added | - |