Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a constructor implicitly

Michael Fowler <[email protected]> writes:

> On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 10:34:37AM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote:
> > >    > Well then, that's one nay vote.  :)
> > > 
> > > Make that two.
> > 
> > Three. But I think Michael already knew about mine and forgot to count
> > it.
> 
> Heh, I am not counting votes.  That was simply me acknowledging his dislike
> for the idea.  I wish you guys would stop, too; you're depressing me.

Well, you keep advancing this idea which has, as far as I can tell, no
upside apart from the reduction in keystrokes required to instantiate
an object. And in doing that you remove useful functionality from a
bunch of other cases. 

No wonder we're down on the idea.

-- 
Piers