DIP23 draft: Fixing properties redux

[deadalnix]

On Monday, 4 February 2013 at 02:58:55 UTC, David Nadlinger wrote:
> Not sure I'm following – you are arguing that the whole 
> endeavor is futile as long as we keep parens-less function 
> calls?
>
> I actually think that DIP23 is a big step in the right 
> direction, given that parens-less function calls are *very* 
> unlikely to go away. Contrary to some of the previous 
> proposals, it's actually a principled approach, like Adam and 
> others (including me) have asked for. Now it's just a matter of 
> getting the details right.
>

My point is that we try to pack fundamentally different concept 
into one. Which is doomed to produce a three headed monster.

> My point is precisely that. I think there are much simpler 
> solutions than adding some magic properties to a pair of 
> parentheses in the right position, even if it might look like a 
> convenient hack.
>

Convenient hack is not good design.