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

[Bruno Medeiros]

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.

Wasn't she in Japan? Or was she merely *from* Japan?

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