Both zig and go use the dot operator, but I find the ‘::’ operator much more readable.

Vec::new();

Makes it clear that were accessing a static method belonging to the Vec struct/namespace.

Vec.new()

Makes it seem like Vec is an object with a ‘new’ method.

Am I alone in thinking this?

  • ono@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    C++ was my language of choice for a long time, but I can’t say I’m with you on this one. If I’m going to use Vec, I had better know what it is already. Littering the code with a special double-glyph operator when a dot would do is just needless noise to me.

    (I won’t criticize you for liking it, though. Cheers.)