On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 10:49:45 +1000, Damian Conway wrote: > This would make the enormous semantic difference between: > > foo. :bar() > > and: > > foo :bar() > > depend on a visual difference of about four pixels. :-(
You're not counting the space around the dot, which counts. To me
they look completely different
> We need to be careful not to require the language to solve problems that
> are better solved with tools.
On that point I agree, but I think it was a question of
aesthetics... Juerd?
$foo. .bar;
$ba. .bar;
$x. .bar;
$foo.bar;
$ba.:bar;
$x. :bar;
Frankly I don't think there's *that* much of a difference - each has
pros and cons.
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