shouting versus dotting

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Simen Kjaeraas wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
> 
>> Leandro Lucarella wrote:
>>> "enum" as the way to declare manifest constants were much more ugly than
>>> "!(", and most of the people were against it. I don't see why ".(" 
>>> should
>>> be introduced.
>>
>> Ugly or not, enumerated symbols were manifest constants to begin with. 
>> That's kinda hard to argue against because it's a sheer fact.
> 
> All bears are animals, so lets call all animals bears. See where this is 
> wrong?

The correct reasoning to apply is, if you see a white bear, would you 
call it a different way?

Andrei