Re: Vim9 script feature-complete

> ["Followup-To:" header set to gmane.editors.vim.]
> On 2021-12-30, Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net> wrote:
> > The work on Vim9 script is coming to a point where the syntax and
> > semantics are practially done. There might be some more tests
> > uncovering problems that need to be fixed and perhaps some tiny tweaks,
> > but otherwise it has been quite stable for the past months.
> >
> > If you have remarks on something in Vim9 script that you think should be
> > different, speak up now! Soon we'll only make backwards compatible
> > changes to avoid breaking existing plugins.
>
> There was a thread about this on HN a few days ago, and one of the
> comments suggested to reverse the import syntax so that the imported
> script is named first and the imported entities next. A rationale for
> this is that it would help automatic completion.

Is there another language that works like this? The current syntax
resembles Javascript, which hopefully some users are familiar with.

> Personally, the thing I still miss is custom types. But that falls into
> the category of features to be added when Vim9 script is frozen,
> I guess. Other than that, I am really enjoying Vim9 script!

Defining types is planned to be added later. It can build on top of
what we have without changing it. I expect it to be quite a bit of work
to get right, which is why I want to do it later. Otherwise Vim9 will
never be launched.

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