byKey and byValue: properties or methods?

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On 01/17/2012 07:38 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 01/17/2012 07:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> I hate I must ask this:
>>
>> int[string] aa;
>> foreach (k; aa.byKey) { ... }
>>
>> or
>>
>> int[string] aa;
>> foreach (k; aa.byKey()) { ... }
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrei "I told you" Alexandrescu
>
> IMO it does not matter. I think we should just deprecate the -property
> switch instead of engaging into that kind of fruitless discussion every
> now and then. ;)


Can't we drop the empty (). It's too much typing.
You don't need them in Delphi and Delphi has properties.