dropping parentheses on template instantiation

[Leandro Lucarella]

Andrei Alexandrescu, el  5 de octubre a las 13:18 me escribiste:
> I just realized something different. After making an informal review of some code, I saw that a large percentage of template instantiations only need ONE 
> argument.
> 
> This makes me think, with the old "!" notation, parentheses could be dropped entirely without prejudice:
> 
> auto covariance = Matrix!real(n, n);
> auto normalized = SparseVector!double(n);
> 
> and so on.
> 
> To the unbridled joy of the enemies of the Sad Pirate, the dot won't work for template instantiation because without the parentheses it DOES engender 
> ambiguity.
> 
> Now say we take the following route:
> 
> 1) We find something different from shouting
> 
> 2) We drop the parentheses for 1 argument
> 
> That sounds like a possible winner. In this case the "#" becomes considerably more attractive, in fact very attractive exactly because it looks unlike any 
> letter:
> 
> auto covariance = Matrix#real(n, n);
> auto normalized = SparseVector#double(n);
> 
> Ideas?

I really liked downs idea, what about
auto covariance = Matrix of real(n, n);
auto normalized = SparseVector of double(n);
auto foo = Bar of (double, Foo)(n);

Or maybe reuse "with"?
auto covariance = Matrix with real(n, n);
auto normalized = SparseVector with double(n);
auto foo = Bar with (double, Foo)(n);

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