Audrey Tang wrote: >Damian Conway wrote: > > >>Juerd wrote: >> >> >>>>and propose ".:" as a solution >>>> >>>> >>> $xyzzy.:foo(); >>> $fooz. :foo(); >>> $foo. :foo(); >>> >>> >>This would make the enormous semantic difference between: >> >> foo. :bar() >> >>and: >> >> foo :bar() >> >>depend on a visual difference of about four pixels. :-( >> >> > >Good (and floating) point. How about this: > >$antler.bar; >$xyzzy.:bar; >$blah. .bar; >$foo. .bar; > >That is, introduce only the non-space-filled .: variant, and retain the >space-filled long dot. > >
How about if we replace dot with -> and then you can specify any number of dashes for alignment: $antler->bar; $xyzzy-->bar; $blah--->bar; $foo---->bar; Or, to put it another way: what hard problem is it that you guys are actively avoiding, that you've spent a week talking about making substantial changes to the language in order to facilitate lining up method names? =Austin
