Re: [Semediawiki-user] [SMW-devel] property :: and := ?

[S P. <ski...@ea...>]

> Eep² wrote:
S Page replied:

>> Also, why require ":=" over simply "::" for creating properties? "::"
>  > ("shift+;;") is easier to type than ":=" (requires "shift+;"
>> and "=")?
> 
> You're assigning a value to the property, hence :=.  IMO colon already 
> does too much in MediaWiki.  In current (pre-release) code, :: and := 
> are equivalent but :: is only for backwards compatibility.

I was wrong, it's the other way around.  Markus told me
'we now suggest the use of "::" instead of ":=" since the latter fails 
in some uses (especially in template parameters that contain annotated 
content), while "::" works most of the time.'

This affects documentation and sample code more than anything else.
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