On Thursday, January 24, 2013 22:52:36 Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > Again, the question needs asking: is it a given that we need to allow > optional parentheses? Otherwise we'll keep on rehashing this over and > over again.
I hate optional parentheses with a passion, but I think that it's quite clear that too many people want them (including many who want @property) and that too much code will break if we make the change. I think that we can reach a consensus on how @property should function, but we'll never get a consensus that optional parentheses should be done away with. So, yes. I think that we can move forward with the assumption that optional parens are here to stay (much as I don't personally like that). - Jonathan M Davis
