foo!(bar) ==> foo{bar}

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Tue Oct 7 10:08:22 PDT 2008


Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> "Andrei Alexandrescu" wrote
>> Leandro Lucarella wrote:
>>> Jarrett Billingsley, el  6 de octubre a las 16:04 me escribiste:
>>>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Walter Bright
>>>> <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>>>>> The foo.(bar) syntax seems to be sinking. The foo{bar} seems to be the 
>>>>> most
>>>>> practical alternative. So, how about putting it in the next D2 release 
>>>>> on a
>>>>> trial basis, so people can try it out and see how it looks?
>>>>>
>>>> I guess it's OK but I still don't see why anything has to change.
>>>> There are much bigger fish to fry.
>>> Amen!
>> New/potential users are big fish. There has been quite a bit of opinion 
>> that the Slashed-Eye Sad Guy is offputting at least at first.
> 
> You might be misinterpreting how people on this NG have responded.

At least for me, I was well aware of the issues with the angle brackets, 
but when I saw foo!(bar) I was like: "ew, that's the best he could come 
up with?!?"

Andrei



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