While we're lynching features, how bout' them omittable parens?

[Jesse Phillips]

On Mon, 18 May 2009 21:53:06 -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote:

> "Chad J" <chadjoan at __spam.is.bad__gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:gut1od$l56$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Lionello Lunesu wrote:
>>>
>>> "Chad J" <chadjoan at __spam.is.bad__gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:gut0f2$jc0$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>>> Nevermind properties.  Any chance we can forbid the omittable
>>>> parentheses, at least in the lhs of an assignment expression?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This is not because of the omittable parens. Even with added parens
>>> that code should not compile!
>>>
>>>
>> Agreed!
> 
> I still want to get rid of omittable parens (and function-call-as-a-lhs)
> anyway. They're a horrible substitute for a real property syntax.

I don't like C# properties, IMO it is pointless overhead. I agree you can 
misuse the omittable parentheses, but what is a "real" property syntax? 
Seems to me both D and C# provide the same syntax they are just set up 
differently.