On Friday, 25 January 2013 at 01:28:05 UTC, kenji hara wrote:
2013/1/25 Adam Wilson <[email protected]>
On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:15:09 -0800, kenji hara
<[email protected]>
wrote:
1. Optional parentheses for normal functions should work
shallowly IMO.
2. Optional parentheses for property functions should not
work. Applying
()
for property function name always applied to its returned
value.
#1 is a ratification of current behavior. It allows the
combination of
UFCS
and removing redundant ()s.
#2 is a breaking change. If we need it, community consent is
required.
Kenji Hara
I can completely agree with this change. It is perfectly
workable to fix
properties without changing optional parens. I just won't use
them :-P
I have thought an additional idea.
If we really want a feature to disable optional parentheses for
normal
functions, we can add @function attribute to the language spec.
int foo();
@property int bar();
@function int baz(); // new!
int x1 = foo(); // ok
int x2 = foo; // optional parentheses, allowed
I dunno, but for me the line above is a function pointer that is
stored into an integer for later retrieval and use.
