[bitc-dev] (member ...) syntax

[Pal-Kristian Engstad]

I think the (member ...) construction is poorly named. Instead of using 
"(member if id)" as a syntax for "if.id", perhaps "member" should be 
replaced with a single dot ".", i.e.:

(. sloc id)   <=> sloc.id
(. sloc id1 id2 id3) <=> sloc.id1.id2.id3

Additionally, it might be an idea to support integer values as well. Hence:

(. aloc 3) <=> (array-nth aloc3)     { Is there a reason not to have 
aloc[3]? }
(. vec 2) <=> vec[2] <=> (vector-nth vec 3)

If using a single dot is not lexable, then perhaps use "->" instead.

Also, using #| and |# as (nested) comment blocks could be useful.

PKE.

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