[nem-en] () After Method calls

[Kenneth Ismert]

> ... Is my understanding correct that in this case the 
> compiler understands it as trying to assign a function 
> to a var ...

> ... And also some hint should be printed in this case:
> probably you forgot () after the function name...

Thanks, that clears it up for me. The hint would be helpful.

I rather like the requirement for (), even after methods with no
parameters, because it avoids the problem in VB of:

  MyString = SomeEntity 

Is SomeEntity a function, or a variable? I've resorted to naming the
function fSomeEntity to make the code more readable. 

SomeEntity() makes the same point, without having to use a naming
convention.

-Ken
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> From: Kenneth Ismert <kismert at sbcglobal.net>
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> > The problem is you missed () after ToString.
> 
> Curses. In VB, it is perfectly OK to drop the () on methods with no
> parameters. The problem is that it is hard for me to see this as an
> error in this new context.
> 
> > But this is obviously a bug.
> 
> Maybe you could change the message to: 
> 
>   "Hey, idiot, you forgot the () after method ToString."
> 
> -Ken
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> hmm, a question comes to mind here ...
> Is my understanding correct that in this case the compiler
> understands it as
> trying to assign a function to a var ?
> (ie a 'closure', a Delegate, function ptr etc.) ???
> 
> 
> On 12/4/05, Kenneth Ismert <kismert at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > The problem is you missed () after ToString.
> >
> > Curses. In VB, it is perfectly OK to drop the () on methods with no
> > parameters. The problem is that it is hard for me to see this as an
> > error in this new context.
> >
> > > But this is obviously a bug.
> >
> > Maybe you could change the message to:
> >
> >   "Hey, idiot, you forgot the () after method ToString."
> >
> > -Ken
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> From: Kamil Skalski <kamil.skalski at gmail.com>
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> 2005/12/4, Philippe Quesnel <philippe.quesnel at gmail.com>:
> > hmm, a question comes to mind here ...
> >  Is my understanding correct that in this case the compiler
> understands it
> > as
> >  trying to assign a function to a var ?
> >  (ie a 'closure', a Delegate, function ptr etc.) ???
> >
> 
> Exactly. x.ToString is a function of type void -> string and compiler
> is trying to assign such a value to a variable of type string. The
> correct message should be
> 
> expected object of type string, while got object of type void->string
> 
> And also some hint should be printed in this case:
> 
> probably you forgot () after the function name...
> 
> --
> Kamil Skalski
> http://nazgul.omega.pl
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