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Bug 13553 – allow to omit parenthesis for nullary lambdas

Status: RESOLVED
Resolution: WONTFIX
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P1
Component: dmd
Product: D
Version: D2
Platform: x86_64
OS: Linux
Creation time: 2014-09-29T00:29:00Z
Last change time: 2014-09-29T21:01:20Z
Assigned to: nobody
Creator: code

Comments

Comment #0 by code — 2014-09-29T00:29:31Z

Requiring empty parenthesis for lambda expressions without arguments is superfluous syntax. onEvent(() => doSomething()); onEvent(=> doSomething());

Comment #1 by bearophile_hugs — 2014-09-29T02:16:15Z

This saves only two chars and decreases readability.

Comment #2 by code — 2014-09-29T21:01:20Z

> This saves only two chars and decreases readability. It's probably more a question of taste. Some languages require the parenthesis, others don't. I have a pull for it, but don't want to start a pointless debate.