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Re:Properties: The New Variables by bkardell on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @10:57AM (#4199635)
A link to the draft in github is in the article so fork, send a pull, suggest away. I would suggest a read through the variables draft and a search on hn and www-style list to see the previous confusion caused by using not just the word variable, but the prefix var- and non-paren form you suggest.
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Re:Properties: The New Variables by po on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @11:15AM (#4199705)
I hope it doesn't come off as too harsh. I mean it in a good-natured way and obviously you're putting forward your ideas which is a good thing.

Why do you think the term 'variable' is the source of confusion and 'property' is better? If so, why not use a 'prop-' prefix?

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Re:Properties: The New Variables by bkardell on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @11:25AM (#4199731)
No, not at all. We considered lots of things that could work: prop, map, author, def, store...

The more discussion and argument the better IMO.

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