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From: Fraser Wilson <blancolioni@blancolioni.org>
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Subject: Re: newbie can't get exceptions to work!
Date: 11 Apr 2001 14:42:51 -0700
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Mats Karlssohn <mats@mida.se> writes:

> This is really the same issue as () vs. [] for arrays. I and many
> other feel that, in the expresssion x := foo; knowing that foo is
> a constant, a variable or a parameterless function, is just an
> implementation detail.

That's quite true.  And let's not forget that this () for
parameterless functions is what causes C++ code to be full of

	class C { int m_var; public int var() { return m_var; }};

I like Eiffel's way of doing it -- exported member variables are read
only outside the class and are thus indistinguishable from access
functions.

Also, imagine this:

   type T is (A, B, C);

   X : T := A();

Ouch!

Fraser.