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rurban · 2017-03-15 14:20:43

I was referring to the # pound syntax for fields. fields can be used with a . or - prefix much more pleasingly to the eyes. An untrained eye would take the # for comments.

    TestDomainObject {
      #created : DateAndTime [ '2012-02-14T16:40:15+01:00' ],
      #modified : DateAndTime [ '2012-02-14T16:40:18+01:00' ],
      #integer : 39581,
      #float : 73.84789359463944,
      #description : 'This is a test',
      #color : #green,
      #tags : [
        #two,
        #beta,
        #medium
      ],
      #bytes : ByteArray [ 'afabfdf61d030f43eb67960c0ae9f39f' ],
      #boolean : false
    }

jasonrojas | karma 56 | avg karma 1.24 · | 2021-06-01 16:03:56

* -- in my early years I used # as a comment in a bind zone file instead of ;

IshKebab | karma 13023 | avg karma 1.29 · | 2023-10-08 03:28:45

Nice! Pretty interesting syntax. Not sure about / for comments or the function argument syntax but you have a solid point about not using " or ' for strings!

hutzlibu | karma 9787 | avg karma 1.64 · | 2019-12-30 08:10:49+00:00

Why?

I also use ###. It is just a different style.

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_betty_ | karma 104 | avg karma 1.86 · | 2016-10-18 01:23:27+00:00

admittedly there is the occasional moment I hit where I need an extra @ or @: so it's not perfect, but I have much less issue reading that format than the { true && <element /> } syntax, also think @if is a lot nicer than <if>.

Maybe just a personal thing.

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mixmastamyk | karma 12554 | avg karma 1.22 · | 2016-01-04 01:58:39+00:00

It is explicit, in that one must use the f'' prefix. There are no syntax changes as u'', b'', and r'' already exist. Positionals make bugs more likely.

heelhook | karma 1296 | avg karma 4.11 · | 2012-11-16 22:14:40+00:00

An even better one IMO is @, same thing as with # but it uses symbols.

nmeofthestate | karma 1958 | avg karma 3.2 · | 2022-09-26 06:57:34

Using 'is' and 'as' in this way is in line with C#.

afshinmeh | karma 4272 | avg karma 6.11 · | 2013-02-25 10:25:50+00:00

And `PHP` has it, also! But I didn't see any big application/repository that uses `and` instead of `&&`, honestly.

noblethrasher | karma 2878 | avg karma 3.01 · | 2009-03-26 03:17:41

I use that one quite a bit. Especially when I think of data that occurs in key/value pairs. The only problem is that I wish that the markup was <dt><dd></dd><dt> so that I the key/value pairs were in their own 'box' that could be styled more intuitively.

jlokier | karma 5548 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2018-12-18 14:30:22

Yup.

The muscle memory is so strong, when writing Javascript/Typescript I type # by accident sometimes.

But then, // is one of the most commonly used operators in another language I use, so it's weirdly symmetrical :)

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GlitchMr | karma 1509 | avg karma 5.61 · | 2018-03-09 18:03:13+00:00

It can also be Perl, as Perl supports `s///` syntax.

kazinator | karma 30751 | avg karma 1.78 · | 2022-02-05 12:15:32

Not completely, because the . has a meaning: select a member/field/slot from a class object.

bsimpson | karma 7317 | avg karma 3.89 · | 2014-02-27 08:52:24+00:00

I've often wondered about why /> syntax doesn't work on some elements. Now I know.

Thanks!

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juancn | karma 1154 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2022-10-26 14:18:11

What syntax does it use? For example `|` doesn't seem to do anything.

dbaupp | karma 10204 | avg karma 4.33 · | 2012-11-30 20:09:06+00:00

And inclusion of @.

iamdave | karma 5253 | avg karma 2.37 · | 2015-10-11 20:58:35

This makes sense, helping me get over the syntax of 'static' vs 'dynamic' in my mind thanks!

Thiez | karma | avg karma · | 2023-01-26 18:14:42

I think way way back (about 10 years ago) the syntax was

    &x\a

The current tick is much easier on the eyes.

yourad_io | karma 689 | avg karma 1.88 · | 2021-10-19 13:23:38

I believe # is available as a symbol and I doesn't conflict with existing operators

oneeyedpigeon | karma 7765 | avg karma 2.34 · | 2014-06-09 08:06:16+00:00

IIRC, 'or' and || have different precedences in other languages, too - PHP, for example.