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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 04:56:27 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:04:29 +0200, fir wrote:

> draw_line`x`y`x2`y2`color {

It’s quite clunky to have to specify x- and y-coordinates separately, 
instead of being able to construct and pass a single “vector” value.

Similarly, it is handy to have a “colour” type, which can specify the 
parameters in various spaces, not just RGB.