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Ticket 468: Forbid brackets and curly braces in identifiers

2012-09-19 00:39:43
WG1 - Core
alexshinn
major
cowan
wontfix
source
closed
2012-08-29 11:42:19
defect

Different implementations use {} and [] for different non-standard things, typically as brackets of some sort. This proposal is to say that they MUST NOT be used in identifiers.

cowan
2012-09-04 11:54:58
summaryConsider adding brackets and curly braces as delimitersForbid brackets and curly braces in identifiers
descriptionDifferent implementations use {} and [] for different non-standard things, typically as delimiters of some sort. We could add them to the list of delimiters. That would block them from being used in identifiers, which I think is a Good Thing.Different implementations use {} and [] for different non-standard things, typically as brackets of some sort. This proposal is to say that they MUST NOT be used in identifiers.

Revised this.

cowan
2012-09-19 00:39:43
resolution␣wontfix
statusnewclosed

This failed for lack of a second. The compelling argument was that it's pointless to make something a delimiter when it's undefined.