Suggestion: Format 2+adic custom modifiers using `‼` (double exclamation point)

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Suggestion: Format 2+adic custom modifiers using `‼` (double exclamation point)

Omnikar opened this issue 8 months ago · 3 comments

This was mentioned on the Discord server a while ago and I like the idea. You would be able to type a custom modifier name with normal exclamation points, and the formatter would handle converting Example!! -> Example‼. Even-adic modifiers would use half as many ‼s, and odd-adic modifiers would use ‼s followed by one !.

Answer 1 · 2024-02-16T04:23:01.000Z

Hmm, it can look weird with an odd number.

Answer 2 · 2024-02-16T14:36:37.000Z

I personally don't really mind how that looks. How common is it to have 3+adic modifiers anyway?

Answer 3 · 2024-02-16T18:32:31.000Z

I'm not opposed.
I've looked into implementing this, and the main problem is that because formatted, non-formatted, and partially-formatted code all need to be equivalent, identifiers M!! and M‼ need to compare equivalent.
This would require the creation of a custom identifier type that compares well and a refactoring of some of the code that refers to them.
It could be done, though it's bit of work.