@Adám \ is used for escapes here yes, but in a more literal sense of escaping bits of syntax, so giving it more semantic meaning for { might be inconsistent...
so yeah my vote is for :{ ... }: or some such; the colon is both a visually "open" character and having one after the block suggests that the stuff after the block follows from it in some sense
I was reading a post by Python's creator Guido van Rossum about Why Operators Are Useful--his basic point being that a * b + c is more readable than add(mul(a, b), c)--and then he slips in this dig: "Of course, it's definitely possible to overdo this -- then you get Perl."
Which is funny to me, because Pip is the epitome of "overusing operators for everything," and I've often thought of it as Perl but golfier. (Not a perfect comparison, but there are a lot of similarities.)
@pxeger I'm very much in favor of \{ foo }, which means my answer is that {\ foo } is uglier. Backslash as a modifier in other languages modifies the thing that comes after it. You're using it to indicate a different kind of block, which means it should be shown as modifying the block, rather than modifying the first statement/expression in the block.
I get that people aren't happy that Last Seen was removed - I also would've preferred it to stay. But what exactly does mentioning it on every single profile-pageannouncement do that the existing, highly upvoted answers and comments don't already? I'm sure Aaron and SE as a whole are more than aware of how people feel about it, yet another answer isn't going to do anything besides be an easy way to get rep from users who are annoyed at SE
I have a slight suspicion the company intends to ignore this issue until it goes away by itself because others will eventually get tired of posting the same thing over and over again, so the chances to get an official response are quite low. — Oleg ValterAug 23 at 14:27
@Dudecoinheringaahing I upvoted that, because I don't want to let them get away with "ignoring it until it goes away by itself"
Just look at what happened with Monica: they ignored it for as long as they could, then settled any legal issues that arose, then continued to ignore everything else
