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

[Steven Schveighoffer]

"superdan" wrote
> Denis Koroskin Wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> that cat was gonna get outta the bag sooner or later. lets say dee 
> sometimes uses my laptop and forgets to change the autocompleted field.

Finkle is Einhorn. Einhorn is Finkle!  Einhorn is a man!

Seriously though, pretending to be someone else isn't cool.  Actually, it's 
a little disturbing, especially the way you invented another personality for 
it.  I always wondered why Dee Girl agreed with you on everything...

So Walter, Dee Girl's, superdan's and all of Dee Girl's "friends" votes 
count as one vote, ok?

-Steve