From: ES Date: 2005-05-19T04:07:57+09:00 Subject: Re: syntax sugar: treating an object like a method Le 18/5/2005, "Austin Ziegler" a �crit: >On 5/18/05, Eric Mahurin wrote: >> I'm thinking of yet another RCR and would like to see if >> anybody likes it. I think this would be a sweet feature. Here >> are the basic components: > >Please don't. This would be awful. Ruby doesn't need a () operator. Oh, never say never. I still fantasize about first-order functions/ methods (although that need would probably be better served by other means). For this particular purpose I would tend to agree, though. >-austin E -- template void quack(duck& d) { d.quack(); }