- From: Jens O. Meiert <jens@meiert.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:18:34 -0700
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
> > Why does the variable name need to be part of the declaration? > > I don't understand what you mean by this. “var-foo” appears to mean the variable is called “var-foo”; but with “var(foo)”, the variable seems to be called “foo". That is exactly why I claim it is not easy to connect things, and why this particular syntax is unintuitive and hard to use. > > And what are, pardon me Tab, the other “‘variable-like’ things” we > > would need the “$” syntax for > > I'm thinking of $ for macro-style expansion, or something along those lines. What is macro-style expansion, why do we need it, and how does it beat variables in terms of syntax? (A thread pointer would be enough, cheers :) -- Jens O. Meiert http://meiert.com/en/
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