Why non- at property functions don't need parentheses

[Simen kjaeraas]

%u <wfunction at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was wondering, why are we allowed to omit parentheses when calling  
> functions
> with no arguments, when they are not @properties? Is there a good reason  
> for
> relaxing the language rules like this?

This behavior is deprecated, but other features have had a higher priority
than removing features that do not cause big trouble. :p


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Simen