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

[Denis Koroskin]

On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:22:21 +0400, superdan <super at dan.org> wrote:

> Walter Bright Wrote:
>
>> Dee Girl wrote:
>> > I did not follow this group recent. School started. Sorry! I just see
>> > now and please add my vote if possible. I start with D recent and I
>> > remember beginning. foo!(bar) was not pleasant. Like forced
>> > convention with a bad char. And friends I show code never like it. It
>> > is first thing they say why they do not like D. For me foo{bar}
>> > better idea. Thank you, Dee Girl
>>
>> What do your friends think of { } ?
>
> School started. Every one so busy now. But I think does not matter any  
> more ^_^
>
> I want to make little idea. Sorry if idea mentioned before (I did not  
> read every thread). I think we can look square brackets []. Let me  
> explain why.
>
> Paren () is over used in C and in D. Any expression can be in (). And  
> adding () is possible in many cases. But it is not same with []. For  
> example a:(b) is ambiguous but a:[b] is not. So there are many signs  
> possible after symbol and before [. They are:
>
> ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * - + = | \ / , < . > ? :
>
> But after symbol and before ( only few symbols possible
>
> ! @ # $ \ .
>
> Andrei had idea change ! to . before (. But if [] are chosen other ideas  
> are possible. There fore I thing [] more promising than () for template.  
> Also that is good because as I said () already over used. Thank you, Dee  
> Girl

Ahem... supergirl?