[9fans] Typestr usage (inspired by libgeometry)

["sirjofri via 9fans" <9fans@9fans.net>]

Hi,

I just had a quick thought about using typestr in libgeometry. However, I noticed that typestr is nowhere used in 9front at all (besides the compiler that implements it as a feature).

Thinking about how typestr provides pretty cool syntactic sugar, I was wondering why that's the case? Is there a goal to maintain the C standard as far as it makes sense, or is it compatibility between plan 9 systems?

Before thinking about it too much, I just ask here.

I personally only use it in some cases where it makes sense, in cases similar to the complex number example I was able to find online[1]. I don't think it should be used to hide things, just to provide the ability to write code that's easier to read and understand. For example, instead of combining matrices using functions, I could just type S * R * S, or to add vectors, I can just V + W. For plan 9, adding Points would be trivial.

Note that I'm _not_ proposing to update all of the routines to use this feature. I'd just like to know your thoughts about using it (or not using it).

sirjofri

[1] https://github.com/henesy/plan9-typestr/blob/master/typestr.md

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