Fully dynamic d by opDotExp overloading

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Adam Burton wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> What about using something like '->' for dynamic calls instead of '.'?
>> That's absolutely useless. If I have to write anything different from
>> "." I might as well write "bloodyMaryBloodyMaryBloodyMary".
>>
>> Andrei
> You could even write 'noodles' but that doesn't really give me a reason as 
> to why it's absolutely useless. Please clarify, I thought it seemed like a 
> reasonable idea, if it isn't I would like to know why.

I apologize for the snapping. There's no excuse really, but let me 
mention that this thread has been particularly meandering.

The point of using "." is not syntactic convenience as much as the 
ability of the Dynamic structure to work out of the box with algorithms 
that use the standard notation.


Andrei