Proposal: remove the mandatory parenthesis in a no-arguments template declaration [Was: partial class definitions]

[janderson]

Ary Manzana wrote:
> janderson escribió:
>> Jakob Praher wrote:
>> Or you could use mixins:
>>
>> template Part1
>> {
>>     void process()
>>     {
>>         XMLNode node = this.toXML();
>>         //...
>>     }
>> };
> 
> Actually, the code above dosen't compile: "parenthesized 
> TemplateParameterList expected following TemplateIdentifier".
> 
> So you have to write:
> 
> template Part1()
> {
>     void process()
>     {
>         XMLNode node = this.toXML();
>         //...
>     }
> };

Thanks,

Actually I haven't tested any of the code above.  You'll of course need 
to use import to make the other file available.


> 
> Is there any reason the parenthesis are mandatory for no-arguments 
> templates?
> 
> I propose to remove this restriction to allow cleaner syntax for 
> templates that dosen't recieve any parameters.

I agree, then it would make switching from classes to templates more 
generic.