Hi --

I'd like to request the deprecation/removal of :: as a synonym for the
method-calling dot. I think it's a good opportunity to take out
something that Ruby doesn't need. We've already got the dot, which
always means "send a message", and :: already means something else
(constant resolution).

My view is that if it weren't already there, it would never occur to
anyone to put it in at this point. Of course, it *is* already there,
but I think it would be well worth taking it out. In my 7.5 years of
Ruby programming I've never seen it demonstrate any usefulness at all.


David

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