Re: First comments Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen 09 Jun 2020 17:49 UTC

Am Di., 9. Juni 2020 um 19:46 Uhr schrieb Adam Nelson <xxxxxx@nels.onl>:
>
> On 6/9/20 1:44 PM, Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen wrote:
>
> > Thinking about it again, it seems to be enough to disallow the bare
> > use of an atom in subsequent arguments of the `->' macro. In other
> > words, all subsequent arguments have to look like function calls (or
> > macro uses).
> >
> > It doesn't change much. The baking procedure would be as simple:
> >
> > (-> bowl
> >      (add flour)
> >      (add sugar)
> >      (add eggs)
> >      (mix)
> >      (pour)
> >      (bake (celsius 450)))
> Yes, this is what I thought you were originally proposing. After
> thinking about it more, I agree that this is a good idea for consistency.

Actually, I had been thinking about another level of parentheses as in
and-let* to enable atoms, but this is not needed as the example shows.