Re: [PROPOSAL] [PATCH] simple method call

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

On 6/11/2015 8:58 PM, Soni L. wrote:
> On 11/06/15 09:53 AM, KHMan wrote:
> > On 6/11/2015 8:26 PM, Rodrigo Azevedo wrote:
> > > REASONING
> > >
> > > There are uncountable examples of "methods" that do not need an
> > > argument, for example
> > >
> > > led[1]:blink
> > > arm[2].pos[3]:go
> > > z:abs
> > > z:Re
> > > polynomial:diff
> > > etc
> > >
> > > PROPOSAL
> > >
> > > Raise the "methods" syntactic sugar ":" to a function call without
> > > arguments, with the exception of the ubiquitous "self", namely,
> > > call "methods" without the common usage of  '(' ')', or '{' '}' or
> > > ' " ' ' " '.
> > > [snip snip]
> >
> > Looks like we have a bunch of enthusiastic young folks raring to
> > contribute to the language!
> >
> > Ah, none of you will ever top the 'Quaternary operator'
> > proposal... :-p :-)
> Quaternary operator? As in,
>
> var1
> val = var2 $ var3
> var4
>
> Or aligned
>
>            var1
> val = var2 $  var3
> var4
>
> Yes?

It was a posting in 2010.

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Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia