I still think the space adds more readability than the dot dectracts. If you don't like the dot though, I would use a comma. We have been writing for a couple centuries now, and the comma is well known and used.
search result := users, find all by name (name)
if search result, is present() {
return ok(search result, get())
} else {
return not found()
}
// comma is optional, used for disambiguation
search result := users, find all by name. // omitted parameters match words
if search result is present, // empty brackets can be omitted
return ok(search result value); // API change for better readability
else
return: not found. // colon is another optional delimiter
I actually like it so much, I would try to write a transpiler to Java…
