[ ArgumentList ] vs. @( ArgumentList )

[Paulo Pinto]

Am 06.11.2012 20:52, schrieb Manu:
> I'd like to re-enforce the consideration that @attribute() makes it
> looks like they affect the code generation somehow... they're really
> just annotations.
>
>
> On 6 November 2012 21:47, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com
> <mailto:doob at me.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 2012-11-06 20:18, Walter Bright wrote:
>
>         For User Defined Attributes.
>
>         In the north corner we have the current champeeeeon:
>
>         -------
>         [ ArgumentList ]
>
>         Pros:
>               precedent with C#
>               looks nice
>
>         Cons:
>               not so greppable
>               parsing ambiguity with [array literal].func();
>
>         ------
>         In the south corner, there's the chaaaaallenger:
>
>         @( ArgumentList )
>
>         Pros:
>               looks like existing @attribute syntax
>               no parsing problems
>
>         Cons:
>               not as nice looking
>         ------
>
>         No hitting below the belt! Let the games begin!
>
>
>     I vote for @( ArgumentList ). If this is syntax chosen I also hope
>     @attribute will be legal as well.
>
>     --
>     /Jacob Carlborg
>
>


Speaking from C# point of view, the same argument can be used, because 
in .NET [] attributes might change the way the code gets generated.

Some of them like are even reckognized by the JIT/NGEN.

--
Paulo