properties

[Ary Borenszweig]

aarti_pl wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu pisze:
>> Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:08:58 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu 
>>> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>>>> However, when I see:
>>>>>  x.empty;
>>>>>  I can't tell what is implied here.
>>>>
>>>> You can. In either C# or D language it could execute arbitrary code 
>>>> that you better know what it's supposed to do. D simply doesn't make 
>>>> it "bad style" as C# stupidly does.
>>>
>>> still not getting it, are you...
>>>
>>> Just forget it, I think this is a lost cause, I keep making the same 
>>> points over and over again, and you keep not reading them.
>>
>> I do read them and understand them. I mean, it's not rocket surgery. 
>> At the end of the day you say "x = a.b;" looks more like sheer access 
>> because that's what happens for fields already. Then you say "a.b()" 
>> in any context looks more like an action because it's clear that 
>> there's a function call involved. But your arguments are not 
>> convincing to me, and in turn I explained why. What would you do if 
>> you were me?
>>
>> Andrei
> 
> You should just accept what others want *although* you don't agree...
> 
> Steve's arguments are very good and convincing, and unfortunately 
> somehow you don't get them. And I don't see your arguments being 
> superior at all.
> 
> Sorry for thread hijacking, but such discussions make me want not to use 
> D any more... I am writing because I still have some hope...
> 
> Maybe community should decide in poll who's arguments are better?

I'd like to see a poll about this. I think just a few want the ability 
to remove the () from an argument-less function call, and all of us 
others want the opposite.