Re: ACTION 614-12: Smart Quotes

>  I think we should use characters that anybody knows how to type. Most programmers probably don't know how to type a chevron

I agree and admit that I didn’t know how to type a chevron before this thread started.  Also, I expect some users my confuse the chevrons with multiple angle brackets. (e.g << vs «)

Thanks,
Josh


> On Sep 14, 2015, at 6:47 AM, Robie, Jonathan <jonathan.robie@emc.com> wrote:
> 
> I have two concerns about the chevron proposal.
> 
> 1. I think we should use characters that anybody knows how to type. Most programmers probably don't know how to type a chevron on their keyboard, and the way to do this depends on the OS and keyboard.  After all, smart quotes are a convenience feature, and it's only convenient if they are easy to type.  This isn't something that "tooling" is likely to fix for most of us in the near future.
> 
> 2. I don't like the fact that « is the opposite of « and you have to count the number of «'s in a nested construction to know whether a given « introduces a string literal or an expression.
> 
> «««can»you««guess»which«are»««strings»versus»»element«tests»»»
> 
> Even with added indentation, it can be confusing.
> 
> «
> «
>   «can»
>   you
>   «
>     «guess»
>     which
>     «are»
>     «
>        «strings»
>        versus
>     »
>   »
>   element
>   «tests»
> »
> »
> 
> Jonathan

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