declare block syntax

12.28: adda/cstr/declare:
. with a declare block represented by
this: .(BODY)
-- a dot-prefixed parenthetical --
it's immediately confused with a
type description literal;
instead, the syntax should be
a special case of function literal:
(.(x) BODY)
by just having a null parameter:
(. BODY);
function literals will eval
even when parameterized
-- if complete defaults are given
and the literal is not quoted --
and can thereby double as a declare block .

. the arg list can also be a
symbol returning type record:
(.myrec BODY);
[12.29: the point being that
anywhere a record def' literal can go,
a symbol for the same should be allowed;
but what about the syntax for functions?
f(x).returntype
-- that sets a precedent for
parenthetical literals not (yet) being
replaceable by a symbol;
but in that case,
the ().type pattern is there to
intuitively identify a function
-- f(x) = name & parenthetical literal .
. when expressing the function's arg type as a typemark,
readers need to be guided as to whether
a symbol is a {typemark, local param's name};
this can be done by using both
the paren'literal for "(this a function decl)
and the dot-prefix on the symbol
for "(this is a typemark):
eg, f(.typemark).returntype .
conclusion:
. the original (.(x) BODY) syntax
is modeled after ( var.type )
but puts the .(x) at the enclosure's opening
to show that it's typing the enclosure itself,
and not something the enclosure is qualifying;
it says:
this enclosure is a function of this arg, x,
eval'able when x is instantiated .

. the idea of typed enclosures representing sets
comes from:
# set-builder notation:
variously syntaxed as {x: body}, or {x|body}
either of which is generally ambiguous
given popular meanings for colon and div .
# types as sets of values:
to type a var without init'ing it
is to say it currently represents
a set of values .

. reasons why that syntax can't be
(body).(x):
# parameters are intuitively expected
at the beginning, as is done in math:
{x: body}, or {x|body};
# (b).(x) is confusable with a type literal:
one expressing a function returning record .]