From: dblack@...
Date: 2003-04-25T22:17:21+09:00
Subject: Re: How to call an object instance's method?

Hi --

On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Brian Candler wrote:

> The more I think about this, the more I think that either:
> - the 1.6.8 behaviour is better, or
> - make poetry mode compulsory: that is, disallow parentheses around
>   argument lists altogether, to eliminate the ambiguity.
>
> The latter would make the language less C-like, and would force you to write
>
>     (sin a) + b
>
> instead of
>
>     sin(a) + b
>
> What do people think of that??

I don't like the latter (the disallowing of parens), partly because it
would mean starting from scratch in terms of existing code, and partly
because I think parens are useful for clarity.

I would love to see the space not be significant.  Whatever they mean,
it feels right to me to have:

  meth(a).b

and

  meth (a).b

mean the same thing as each other.


David

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