Uniform function call syntax

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2010-05-27 01.41, retard wrote:
> Wed, 26 May 2010 22:05:48 +0200, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>
>> I've asked this before, probably several times: if and when will D get
>> the uniform function call syntax that has been talked about? Example:
>>
>> void foo (int i) {}
>> 3.foo();
>>
>> And please don't say it's already implemented because it isn't, I've
>> heard that before.
>
> Are you sure you're not confusing two things.
>
> "The uniform access says that client code should not be affected by a
> decision to implement an attribute as a field or method." -- Programming
> in Scala
>
> The other is a term known as extension methods. "Extension methods enable
> you to "add" methods to existing types without creating a new derived
> type, recompiling, or otherwise modifying the original type." -- http://
> msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb383977.aspx

This was talked about at the first D conference and the term used there 
was "uniform/unified function call syntax".

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg