New syntax proposal for attributes

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Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++, comp.std.c++, comp.lang.c++.moderated
From	Phil Bouchard <philippe@fornux.com>
Subject	New syntax proposal for attributes
Organization	X-Privat.Org NNTP Server - http://www.x-privat.org
Date	2011-08-07 13:08 -0600

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Hello,

The new syntax for attributes is horrifying and I would like to
propose a new one which is very neat.

Instead of:
class [[base_check, align(16)]] D : public B {
public:
 virtual void f [[override, nodebug]] ();
 virtual int g [[final, noexcept]] (int);
 virtual void h [[hiding]] ();
};

Why not:
class D = base_check, align(16) : public B {
public:
 virtual void f() = override, nodebug;
 virtual int g(int) = final, noexcept;
 virtual void h() = hiding;
};

This is much more readable and is consistent with the "= delete"
compile-time property as well.


-Phil


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New syntax proposal for attributes Phil Bouchard <philippe@fornux.com> - 2011-08-07 13:08 -0600
  Re: New syntax proposal for attributes Francis Glassborow <francis.glassborow@btinternet.com> - 2011-08-07 17:58 -0600
    Re: New syntax proposal for attributes DeMarcus <use_my_alias_here@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-08 12:00 -0600
    Re: New syntax proposal for attributes Phil Bouchard <philippe@fornux.com> - 2011-08-08 23:55 -0600
  Re: New syntax proposal for attributes BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-08 23:54 -0600

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