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[aeosynth]

we can write

fn
  foo: bar
### compiles to:
fn({
  foo: bar
});
###

I'd like the same ability for non-objects, ie

fn
  foo
### compiles to:
fn(foo);
###

would this be terribly hard / ambiguous?

[TrevorBurnham]

Ahhhh, this has actually been a frequent, long-running proposal, though I can't seem to find the most pertinent past issues... #944 is related.

The short answer is: Jeremy doesn't like it; it lets you write very confusing code. Object-passing, in the style you give in your first example, is a special case.

However, if you really want to see this, I'd suggest putting together a detailed, wide-ranging proposal for "How CoffeeScript Should Handle Whitespace." The current behavior is a little bit patchworky, and I'm hoping it'll change in the future, if someone can think it through all the way.

[aeosynth]

I'll look into it, but don't expect anything. I haven't done more than glance at the source.

[vendethiel]

Closing since this has been removed