Positive

[Don]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Bent Rasmussen wrote:
>> Quite possibly you just want to avoid the distraction of having it 
>> look different from a function call. So the dot is more discrete, but 
>> is still there. This will be a fight to the death against hungarian 
>> notation lovers and the rest.
> 
> I wish the dot wasn't even needed. One day I want to go over with Walter 
> about the ambiguities incurred by simply using parens.
> 
> Andrei

I'd love to know what the issues are. Using parens alone would be a huge 
win. (I'm not convinced about a{int} though. I've had no problems with 
a!(int) ).