JuliaLang/julia

printing of keywords as symbols

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#34,072 opened on Dec 10, 2019

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Description

We have many special cases for printing atoms that aren't simple symbols. We may need to also add the list of symbols that trigger special parsing:

julia> :(a = $:while)
:(a = while)

julia> :(a = $:do)
:(a = do)

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Research direction
Inspect the printing code for atoms in Julia's parser or AST printer, find where special cases are handled, and add keywords like 'while' and 'do' to the list of symbols that trigger special parsing. Trace the path from AST to printed representation.
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julia
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compilers
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2
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GitJulia
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70