On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Steve Schveighoffer <[email protected]>wrote:
> Unlike your example, writeln = "hello" is actually valid, correct code. > That is, it's not utterly stupid, it's just utterly ugly (to you and me). > If someone wants to call writeln that way because they like the "style", > then that's their choice. I see no difference from what you propose. > > It's not about the compiler rejecting terrible code because it thinks the > code is terrible, it's about the compiler rejecting terrible code because > the library author thinks it's terrible. That is, the library author can > decide how you should use their code, just like he decides which functions > are private and public. > > Right, but I don't *want* the power to control this. I don't *want *to be forced to decide such things for my users. I want my users to be able to do as they see fit.
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