From -7442845179850873846 X-Google-Thread: 109fba,59839d3069d81d3b X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Thread: f78e5,59839d3069d81d3b X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Thread: fc772,59839d3069d81d3b X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gid4f1905883f,gid7894ca11fe,gid5f7b0fd6d8,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.alt.net From: Phil Bouchard Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.std.c++,comp.lang.c++.moderated Subject: Re: New syntax proposal for attributes Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 23:55:25 CST Organization: X-Privat.Org NNTP Server - http://www.x-privat.org Lines: 28 Sender: std-cpp-request@vandevoorde.com Approved: stephen.clamage@oracle.com Message-ID: <4e3f4f71$1@news.x-privat.org> References: <4e3d8b2b$1@news.x-privat.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed To: undisclosed-recipients:; Return-Path: X-Original-Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:52:28 -0400 X-Submission-Address: std-c++-submit@vandevoorde.com Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.c++:92478 comp.std.c++:3356 comp.lang.c++.moderated:23245 On 8/7/2011 7:58 PM, Francis Glassborow wrote: > > On 07/08/2011 20:08, Phil Bouchard wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> The new syntax for attributes is horrifying and I would like to >> propose a new one which is very neat. > > That is a matter of opinion. However even if I agreed with you, it is > almost a year too late. I think most people will become happier with the > syntax as they get used to it (after all a great number of programmers > have managed to become accustomed to large amounts of upper case along > with Hungarian notation, both of which I find much more horrific) My idea was perhaps wrong because an equal sign might be confused with it's real purpose if we'd like to attach an attribute to a variable but I see why attributes are declared between the function name and the opening parenthesis. IDEs will make the text more readable I guess. -- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try posting with your ] [ newsreader. If that fails, use mailto:std-cpp-submit@vandevoorde.com ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.comeaucomputing.com/csc/faq.html ]