[Grace-core] Lazy initialisation and circular definitions

[James Noble]

On 20/11/2014, at 19:44 pm, Kim Bruce <kim at cs.pomona.edu> wrote:

> Why do we want this?

short answer - mutually recursive type definitions need something.
Do we do something special purpose or more general

more generally - mutually recursive definitions need something...

>  Any time we are competing with Scala for complexity I get very worried.  Simplicity is our calling card.  Let's keep it that way.  Simple syntax, simple semantics.  Yes, there are things we can't do easily (and generally they aren't necessary for novices).

which is why I like the "lazy {}" option (just like Scheme's delay)
not in the core language, there if you need it.

J