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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.

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.

resolutionwontfix
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.