Re: Re (tilly) 3: Dots and cargo-cult programming

[frag]

I'm not sure I follow this. The dot is ugly, but it's not like it inherently discourages you from using it. In fact, it could be said "->" is better for that purpose: more letters to type. (And 3 times more keys!) Plus, you have to use it for objects, unless you want to encourage 'indirect object' syntax.

-- Frag.

[tilly]

In C accessing a struct directly is done with a ".", but accessing a struct through a reference is done with an "->". So to my eyes the arrow says "indirected through a reference.

YMMV.