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minus-square@AnotherPenguin@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish3•24 days agoAt least in C#, you can define variables with keyword names like this: var @struct = “abc” I think in Kotlin you can do the same, and even include spaces with backticks like val abstract class = “abc” I’m not sure if other languages allow that, regardless it should be rarely used.
minus-square@pivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•24 days agoSwift also uses backticks and Rust has a dumb one in the form of r#thekeyword. Still much better than introducing a async as a new keyword in a minor version of a language and breaking a bunch of libraries.
At least in C#, you can define variables with keyword names like this:
var @struct = “abc”
I think in Kotlin you can do the same, and even include spaces with backticks like val
abstract class= “abc”I’m not sure if other languages allow that, regardless it should be rarely used.
Swift also uses backticks and Rust has a dumb one in the form of
r#thekeyword. Still much better than introducing aasyncas a new keyword in a minor version of a language and breaking a bunch of libraries.Python?