Re: [TCLCORE] TIP #292: Allow Unquoted Strings in Expressions

[Will D. <wi...@wj...>]

On Nov 3, 2006, at 9:03 AM, Brian Griffin wrote:
> Donald G Porter wrote:
>> Brian Griffin wrote:
>>> TIP #292: ALLOW UNQUOTED STRINGS IN EXPRESSIONS  
>>> =================================================
>> I think this is basically a good idea, though it must be done  
>> carefully. This topic came up in discussions about TIP 282. See  
>> those messages for some things to consider. I'd be happier if the  
>> two TIPs were rolled into one.
>
> This does make sense.  I also like TIP 282, but the enhanced syntax  
> should be disallowed in the conditional commands.  The last thing I  
> want to see is  "if {a = $b}" executing without error.  This is a  
> good argument for somehow splitting the semantics of expr from  
> conditional statements.

Alternatively, if one used ":=" as the assignment operator for
TIP 282 there'd be no active harm in using the enhanced syntax
in "if" and "while".  You *could* write "if {a := $b}" if you
really wanted to, but you'd be much less likely to do it
accidentally.

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