new DIP5: Properties 2

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Denis Koroskin wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:13:55 +0400, Andrei Alexandrescu 
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
> 
>> Sergey Gromov wrote:
>>> Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:02:16 -0400, Benji Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>>>> "Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in 
>>>>> message news:h4lsuo$aut$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>>>>> For me, I get a breath of fresh air whenever I get to not write 
>>>>>> "()". I can't figure how some are missing it.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Every time I call a parameterless function in D, I curse under my 
>>>>> breath at how incredibly sloppy it is. Great, just what I need: Yet 
>>>>> another thing that forces me to make the completely unnecessary 
>>>>> choice between using something inconsistently or making up and 
>>>>> sticking to a completely arbitrary convention that can't be 
>>>>> enforced. Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. Especially considering it's all 
>>>>> for the sake of a "feature" that doesn't accomplish a damn thing, 
>>>>> doesn't solve any problem, not even a trivial one, doesn't do 
>>>>> anything but clutter the language.
>>>> My thoughts exactly.
>>>  +1
>>
>> Maybe we should vote on this too. BTW, seems like the last poll wasn't 
>> quite the expected landslide against the dictature :o).
>>
>> Andrei
> 
> I believe that poll question was badly formulated.

I believe the same, but I also believe that in all likelihood the poor 
formulation didn't influence the vote by a lot: the question was only 
visible to participants in that thread so there's no risk that people 
lacking the background discussion would come and vote in confusion.

Andrei