Dot syntax to access static variables of functions

[bearophile]

Timon Gehr:

> Local variables are not part of the function interface. They are 
> implementation details.

What I have proposed is just about static variables of functions, not all local variables.

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Sean Kelly:

> struct foo {
>     __gshared int x = 10;
>     static void opCall() {
>         // uses x
>         writeln("foo");
>     }
> }
> 
> void main() {
>     auto fptr = foo; // sad that the syntax has to change here
>     fptr();
>     auto y = foo.x; // uses foo.x
> }

I don't know what you were trying to express here (and struct names start with an upper case in D).

Thank you for your answers,
bearophile