Re: [RFC] Allow trailing comma in parameter lists

On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 11:31 PM Jakob Givoni <jakob@givoni.dk> wrote: > > Hi Rowan, > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 4:01 PM Rowan Tommins <rowan.collins@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > While I'd personally be fine with this change, I think we should > > understand why the previous proposal failed rather than just hoping the > > vote goes differently this time. > > I think you have a good point here. > I've only been around for a short time so I can't comment on historical reasons. > And though I agree the proposal is logical and consistent, I have this > nagging feeling in the back of my brain: > Are we encouraging functions with long lists of parameters so that > they need to be on their own lines? Just to say, with descriptive names and type declarations (and now union types), even a method with just two or three parameters can need to be wrapped to keep lines below 120 characters ;) Maybe the RFC could include an example? But I am curious too about why it failed last time. -- Guilliam Xavier