From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b6e97963d32ee242 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-23 10:35:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The old "Object.Method" syntax debate Date: 23 May 2003 13:32:22 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: <254c16a.0305210726.485125de@posting.google.com> <3ecdd3bf.1149272@news.btclick.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1053712089 11074 128.183.235.92 (23 May 2003 17:48:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 May 2003 17:48:09 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37702 Date: 2003-05-23T17:48:09+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol writes: > John McCabe wrote: > > As David points out, it *is* very nice to be able to see a pop-up > > window of what options are available for an object as soon as you type > > the ".". > > I find this argument a bit odd. Sure it is nice, but to change the > language so that IDE's are easier to make is a bit strange for me :-) Actually, I think making IDE's easier is a good thing. For example, it is far easier to build a source code browser for Ada than for C++, because of Ada's simpler syntax. However, I'm not convinced that object.method makes it easier to "popup a menu of 'options' for an object". But I've not used an IDE that has such popups, so maybe I'm not qualified to say. -- -- Stephe