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From: hg@tsisj1.UUCP (Heinrich Gantenbein)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
Subject: Re: foo() => foo
Keywords: function call syntax
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Date: 3 Aug 90 21:56:54 GMT
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In article <26717@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> krste@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU ( Krste Asanovic) writes:
>Suggestion: If a function can be called with no arguments, then it
>should be possible to call it without using the superfluous empty
>parenthesis. E.g.

>    b = a.value;
>    b = a.value(); // Still legal of course.

This one of the nice features (my opinion) of C over Pascal. It
makes it very clear at each point if it is a function call or a
reference to a variable.

I think this should be kept exactly as is.
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Heinrich Gantenbein, Software Consultant:   I'd rather be sailing.
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