An inconvenient truth

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> "Andrei Alexandrescu" wrote
>> Denis Koroskin wrote:
>>> On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:21:02 +0400, Andrei Alexandrescu 
>>> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Walter discovered a showstopper for the curls.
>>>>
>>>> class A : B
>>>> {
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Andrei
>>> This is sad .(
>>>
>>> So, what are we left with now? Does everything stay as is or are we still 
>>> looking @ alternatives?
>> I hope we will find a good notation after all. I hope people's patience 
>> hasn't worn thin. One thing that I noticed in the recent discussion was 
>> that quite a few people, even among supporters of the status quo, admitted 
>> that the !() syntax feels a bit odd at least in the beginning.
> 
> As much as I felt odd about it in the beginning, I now feel that !() is the 
> best solution.  Simply because it works how we want and is already 
> implemented.
> 
> I'm actually kinda glad that {} doesn't work because I'd rather leave 
> everything the way it is ;)
> 
> P.S. I'm a little shocked that it took this long to see that obvious 
> counter-case :P

A humbling lesson indeed. Walter was actually implementing it when he
discovered the problem.

Andrei