On Monday, 4 February 2013 at 02:58:55 UTC, David Nadlinger wrote:
Not sure I'm following – you are arguing that the whole
endeavor is futile as long as we keep parens-less function
calls?
I actually think that DIP23 is a big step in the right
direction, given that parens-less function calls are *very*
unlikely to go away. Contrary to some of the previous
proposals, it's actually a principled approach, like Adam and
others (including me) have asked for. Now it's just a matter of
getting the details right.
My point is that we try to pack fundamentally different concept
into one. Which is doomed to produce a three headed monster.
My point is precisely that. I think there are much simpler
solutions than adding some magic properties to a pair of
parentheses in the right position, even if it might look like a
convenient hack.
Convenient hack is not good design.
