My Bad

[kris]

Craig Black wrote:
> Oh OK.  Tango is now redeemed.

Thank goodness :-)


> 
> "kris" <foo at bar.com> wrote in message news:f75sn0$187s$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Craig Black wrote:
>>> // Tango yuck
>>> Stdout("x is ")(x).newline;
>> It not at all clear why some folks have latched onto the above syntax as 
>> some kind of figurehead :)
>>
>> This is Tango formatting:
>>
>> # Stdout.formatln ("x is {}, y is {}, z is {}", x, y, z);
>>
>> along with this variation for handling I18N argument indexing:
>>
>> # Stdout.formatln ("x is {2}, y is {0}, z is {1}", y, z, x);
>>
>> Yes, there are optional formatting specifiers within the {} also. It just 
>> so happens that Tango /also/ supports non-formatted output using the same 
>> entity:
>>
>> # Stdout (x);
>>
>> And, for those who just need to output some values quickly, sans 
>> formatting, the same call handles more than one argument:
>>
>> # Stdout (x, y, z);
>>
>> Notice the lack of formatting text in the above? Instead it simply emits 
>> ", " between the arguments, since that is how it is written in the call.
>>
>>
>> It just so happens that Stdout also returns itself, which can be used for 
>> chaining purposes. Hence, you /can/ use it in the following manner:
>>
>> Stdout (x) (y) (z);
>>
>> Tango has an idiom of returning a chaining instance when there's nothing 
>> much else of value to return. The above is just a continuation of that 
>> general pattern, and does not imply some kind of usage requirement.
>>
>> I hope this helps to clarify somewhat?