new DIP5: Properties 2

[Dimitar Kolev]

language_fan Wrote:

> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:57:57 -0400, Kagamin thusly wrote:
> 
> > Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:
> > 
> >> > I know you said you didn't
> >> > really like the idea of having to name your range's empty function
> >> > 'opGet_empty'.
> >> 
> >> Correct. I'd rather try to disambiguate the rather rare case when a
> >> property returns a delegate etc. For me, I get a breath of fresh air
> >> whenever I get to not write "()". I can't figure how some are missing
> >> it.
> > 
> > It's agains C look and feel to call function without braces. It's not a
> > problem to write code. It's a problem to read and understand it, isn't
> > it? Isn't current programming techniques development aimed to ease
> > maintenance?
> 
> Yes, the C syntax has been scientifically proven to be the optimal for 
> humans to read. All the extra braces and semicolons are there to guide 
> your eye movement. I simply don't get why anyone would use a language 
> without those. In fact I see one problem in D when compared to C++:
> 
> C++: class Foo {}; vs
> 
> D: class Foo {}
> 
> The missing semicolon makes me vomit. I wish the syntax will be fixed 
> some day. It would probably also ease the maintenance in case of 
> syntactic errors.

The missing semicolon makes you vomit? Come on that is an exaggeration. 

I had problems in C++ with that stupid semicolon that was there for no apparent reason but to be forgotten by the programmers and to cause a bunch of non-understandable mistakes to be generated by the stupid debuggers.

{} - should be a end point of its own without requiring people to tell it that there is nothing beyond it.

It is like saying that you should put ";" after function definition.

What errors will the missing ";" cause?

As I said {} should be an end of its own.