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From: Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber.com>
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On July 9, 2021 3:48:39 AM EDT, Anthony Martin <ality@pbrane=2Eorg> wrote:
>> rc: add subshell-function syntax
>>
>> fn foo @{bar} is now equivalent to
>> fn foo {@{bar}}=2E As a side effect,
>> this disallows creating functions
>> named after keywords without first
>> quoting them=2E
>
>Respectfully, this is just wrong=2E @ is a
>unary operator=2E Repurposing it to define
>a new special kind of function is a bit
>much=2E
>
>What does this buy you over being explicit
>at the call site?
>
>	fn foo { bar }
>
>	@foo
>
>One color of function is enough=2E What's
>next?
>
>	fn foo !{ bar }
>
>to mean that foo always negates the exit
>status of its body?
>
>The new quoting requirement for functions
>named after keywords seems fine, on the
>other hand=2E But is it worth the backwards
>incompatibility?
>
>Thanks,
>  Anthony
>

if we're introducing breaking changes to important programs like the shell=
, can we please at least post a warning on the mailing list?

(the mailing list itself relies on she'll scripts=2E)

sl