Re: Syntax for generic parameter declaration

> You have some pretty good points there. Your last example, however, is
> against your original point since it does a kind of "see later" that
> is worse than the previous suggestion: first you USE the parameters,
> then you declare them. That's really pretty confusing.

Yes, because a lot of people seem to prefer the terminal syntax. I'm
trying to find something acceptible that isn't just me demanding what
i want. I still think inline is better but i can't just keep shouting
about that can i? :)

I also realised that there isn't any requirement for the generic
parameters to be delcared between the name definition and the
parameter-list. They could very well be somewhere else. From a parsing
point of view (computer and human) it's probably easier to work with
them as in c# but it's worth looking at.

> I'm half taken by your argument, and I find the inline syntax that
> echoes the inheritance syntax the best suggestion in that category.

> > public static def foobar(par1 as T, par2 as Z, par3 as Y) as What
> >    generic T(IFoo,contravariant)
> >    generic Z(constructor)
> >    generic Y(covariant):
> >    print "types: {0}",typeof(T).Name,typeof(Z).Name,typeof(Y).Name

public static def foobar[of
T(IFoo,contravariant),Z(constructor),Y(covariant)](par1 as T, par2 as
Z, par3 as Y) as What:
    print "types: {0}",typeof(T).Name,typeof(Z).Name,typeof(Y).Name

works for me, not a big fan of the "[of " but that seems to necasary
so i'll live with it.


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