[ ArgumentList ] vs. @( ArgumentList )

nazriel spam at dzfl.pl
Wed Nov 7 15:14:06 PST 2012


On Tuesday, 6 November 2012 at 19:18:39 UTC, 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!

@() with required ().
So we will still have place for new language attributes like @rox 
etc ;)


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