Hey David,<br><br>Would it be difficult to have python-like syntax for List.exists?&nbsp; Could we add it to Hashtbl and Array too?&nbsp; I&#39;m not too fond of python&#39;s general sloppiness, but the (x in mylist) syntax seemed very pretty to me.&nbsp; At the least, it correspondes directly to mathematical syntax (x \in blah, for Latex ppl).<br>
<br>Does this already exist in a syntax extension?<br><br>-Arthur Chan<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:49 AM, David Teller &lt;<a href="mailto:David.Teller@univ-orleans.fr">David.Teller@univ-orleans.fr</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> &nbsp; &nbsp;Dear list,<br>
<br>
&nbsp;Now that the forge is up, it&#39;s time to (re)start thinking about the OSR<br>
and what we want the future of the OCaml standard distribution to look<br>
like. Other threads will be (re)spawned regarding various aspects of<br>
that distribution, but for now, I&#39;d like to discuss which syntax<br>
extensions. Oh, and before this thread diverges again, let me underline<br>
that we&#39;re *not* discussing delivery mechanisms or ocamlfind or<br>
ocamlbuild or repositories or GODI or IDisposable or camlp4 vs.<br>
camlp5... We&#39;re also not discussing original vs. revised syntax vs. twt<br>
[yet], although if you consider that some extension would be much more<br>
useful if rendered compatible with one of these syntaxes, please mention<br>
it.<br>
<br>
Now, a few subjects I&#39;d like to see covered:<br>
* which syntax extensions do you use so often that you consider they<br>
should be part of the language ?<br>
* which syntax extensions are very important to you but should not be<br>
included in the core language [yet] ?<br>
* which syntax extensions are good ideas and should go into one of the<br>
previous categories but miss the mark because of dependencies / cosmetic<br>
issues and/or incompatibilities with other extensions or with the latest<br>
camlp4 ?<br>
* what kind of syntactic sugar is absolutely missing from the language ?<br>
<br>
As this may come into play later, whenever you suggest an extension,<br>
don&#39;t hesitate to comment whether you believe whom this extension would<br>
serve: beginners ? power-users ? some more specific category ?<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
&nbsp;David<br>
--<br>
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