Omittable parens is an evil

[Robert Fraser]

Manfred_Nowak Wrote:

> Robert Fraser wrote:
> 
> > A property getter should be idempotent
> 
> How can one assure this?
> 
> -manfred
> 
> -- 
> Maybe some knowledge of some types of disagreeing and their relation 
> can turn out to be useful:
> http://blog.createdebate.com/2008/04/07/writing-strong-arguments/

You can't, of course. You can mark it 
invariant, but it may not be in the face of
 cached values or non-memory stores. It's
just an assumption many people make and
my own rule whether to make something a
 function or a property.

It might be an argument for property 
specific syntax' though.