Fully dynamic d by opDotExp overloading

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Adam Burton wrote:
> Jason House wrote:
> 
>> Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:
>>
>>> Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>>> Please do not accuse me of such a thing simply because I haven't
>>>> changed my opinion. You've held your ground as well, so I could just as
>>>> easily accuse you of being closed-minded and merely reaffirming a your
>>>> preconceived opinion. I have indeed listened to the arguments and
>>>> responded to them.
>>> Given my track record, I think it should come at no surprise that I'm
>>> not a fan of dynamic typing.
>>>
>>> Andrei
>> I'm no fan of it either. I will be pissed if one day I'm using a D library
>> and a function name typo becomes a runtime error. There is no program too
>> short for me to introduce typos and bugs.
>>
>> Even still, this dynamic stuff does not bother me much because it only
>> gets turned on if the class designer wanted it. I assume that it'd be a
>> corner of the language I could avoid. The use seems reasonable besides
>> sone bicycle shed coloring, so I plan to sit quietly in the corner and
>> await an outcome.
>>
>> My only 2 cents is to use something other than dot for dynamic function
>> invocation. Given how much I plan to use it, it's probably better for me
>> to abstain.
> I agree.
> 
> Bare with me on this as I am making some assumptions, I don't follow D2 
> development very closely ... or D as much as I would like these days :-(.
> 
> What about using something like '->' for dynamic calls instead of '.'? 

That's absolutely useless. If I have to write anything different from 
"." I might as well write "bloodyMaryBloodyMaryBloodyMary".

Andrei