From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2008-04-24T22:46:35+09:00
Subject: Re: [RCR] Drop :: as a . synonym

Hi --

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Eric Mahurin wrote:

> I guess what I was suggesting would just compliment what David is asking.
> David, from your initial message, I thought you wanted to drop "::"
> altogether and alias its functionality with ".".  I guess I misinterpreted.
> I think you are asking for non-overlapping functionality of "::" and ".",
> which I agree with.

Right; I want :: to mean constant resolution and . to mean
message-sending. I think your idea about :: meaning, more generally,
object retrieval is interesting. I haven't plumbed its depths entirely
yet though.


David

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