Re: [q-lang-users] A proposal to adopt Python tuple syntax

[Albert G. <Dr....@t-...>]

Tim Haynes wrote:
>>Concerning the curly braces, it might be a good idea to keep {...} for
>>possible future extensions (Haskell-style records come to my mind). 
> 
> You read my mind ... or at least the other mail I just fired-off, partly
> inspired by this idea. 

No, I read your mind. Really. You know, I do that regularly. ;-)

> Would the change *require* trailling comma, or just permit it on the
> grounds of forcing something to be a tuple?

No, the trailing comma would be entirely optional, except in that one 
ugly special case of the 1-tuple, where it would distinguish (X,) (a 
tuple) from (X) (a parenthesized expression).

Albert

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