Make dur a property?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 1/24/13 11:32 AM, deadalnix wrote:
> On Thursday, 24 January 2013 at 16:27:02 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 1/24/13 3:38 AM, Tommi wrote:
>>> I've always secretly hated the ambiguity in D's syntax. E.g:
>>>
>>> foo.bar
>>>
>>> What could foo and bar be? D has many more answers than C++:
>>>
>>> D C++
>>> foo bar foo bar
>>> Module/Namespace x x
>>> Type x x
>>> Variable x x x x
>>> Method x
>>> Free function x x
>>
>> Nah, C++ has also namespace, inner classes and function-local
>> classes... lookup and resolution are actually more complicated than D.
>>
>
> No. C++ has no forward references, no UFCS, and no way to introduce new
> symbols during semantic analysis.
>
> C++ is an horrible beast, but on the identifier side, D is far worse.

Well if D is worse, should we give up on forward references, UFCS, or 
mixins?

Andrei