Allow use of [] for lists and arrays

[Captn. Jinguji]

I don't like to use AltGr everytime I want to type the name of an array or list, Shift is better.

+1
Same on french keyboards, probably on most non english keyboards ?

That's why I bought a US layout keyboard, it's less hassle to enter
the German Umlauts by typing in a combination of keys once
in a while than to ruin your wrist over the time with AltGr + ...

+1 to the request btw...

Ye olde STRG+ALT 9 key trick still worketh

[AND51]

I don't like to use AltGr everytime I want to type the name of an array or list, Shift is better.

+1
Same on french keyboards, probably on most non english keyboards ?

That's why I bought a US layout keyboard

You cannot expect people to change their keyboard layout or buy a new keyboard only to cope with [ and ]. But I just assume, this idea was kinda joke...

[Thalius]

hmmm....

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Structure bar
  a.l
  foo.l[10]
EndStructure


NewList foo.bar[]

AddElement(foo())
foo[]\foo[2] = 5

Debug foo[]\foo[1]
Debug foo[]\foo[2]

[pdwyer]

-1

Just MHO

I use [] for pointer arrays stepping though memory blocks. I see the square brackets and know I'm working with raw memory and not PB structured arrays.

Going back to "What problem are we trying so solve" it looks like the issue is when there is nesting, arrays in functions etc then the level of curved brackets becomes ambiguous. An alternative solution would be to have the IDE colour code curved bracked at matching depth

MyProc(Left(MyArray(1),1))

Which could be customised as per other colouring preferences in the IDE.

my 2 yen

[Kaeru Gaman]

nested colouring would eat up a lot of editor's performance, I would suspect.
I'm happy with getting both brackets highlighted in blue when the cursor is on one of them,
resp. get the one highlighted in red when there is no match.

btw... is there a function to jump to the corresponting command,
e.g. jumping from the EndIf to the If by just one keypress?

[pdwyer]

Maybe these things could be toggled then.

I'm just thinking out loud though

[Kaeru Gaman]

> I'm just thinking out loud though

you're not in public I hope?
else they may call you "crazy-gaijin-who-talks-to-his-computer-in-the-morning"...

[pdwyer]

I'm used to being called a crazy gaijin for whatever reason, pretty soon 1/3rd of my life will have been living here. better the bad mouthing come to me than go to my family if I was back in AU

[blueznl]

Gajin... you're in Asia? China or Japan or something? Ah, I see, Japan...

Good stuff, always had a soft spot for Asia, but never found a good job there, except for a one year stay in China.

[Mistrel]

Having () and [] be interchangeable would in my opinion decrease code readability. I don't think this is really necessary.