Infix named args

[som-snytt]

This is weird:

42 + (x = 1)

Is no one opinionated about infix? I mean to ask, isn't anyone?

[nicolasstucki]

At first I parsed this as an assignment in expression position.

[som-snytt]

That's all I'm saying, baby.

[som-snytt]

Thanks for the feedback, which makes me feel supported and less lonely.

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[som-snytt]

Since a discussion is not an issue, it doesn't show a mention of #21565.

What was so terrible about this syntax again? It just looks funny; but many legal things look funny, that is what democracy and free speech is all about.

An "argument expression" can be an assignment syntactically, which may be a named arg in parens. What's the problem?

The reason to deter "multi-arg infix" was that the args "look like a tuple"; similarly, named args look like a named tuple.

Anyone can choose to lint that syntax if they wish, but it's not scalac's job.