Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to")

[Tom Lord]

    > From: Miles Bader <address@hidden>

    > Tom Lord <address@hidden> writes:
    > > As for =tagging-method: no, it's all wrong, in some sense.  First, the
    > > syntax is appalling (why aren't regexps "string constants" in some
    > > language, for example).

    > Actually, to be honest, I really like not having to quote backslashes in
    > tagging regexps, 

Me too, but...


    > something which I suppose will get more confusing if a
    > more typical string syntax is adopted...
    > 


The syntax is a dead-end street.   That trade-off of optimizing for
writing string constants at the expense of a non-line-oriented syntax
is never the right decision for an evolving system.    I blew that
decision, in some sense, though paradoxically, if I hadn't blown it,
people might have been less willing to try arch in the first place.

-t