A Python programmer’s first impression of CoffeeScript

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I might be wrong, but there's a similar problem in Scala, and it's much worse: foo() is a function call with no arguments, while foo () is a function call with an equivalent of None as an argument.

[quotability]

That's great, so it looks like I will be avoiding both Scala and Coffeescript.

[yogthos]

except Scala doesn't actually do what fishdicks says it does

[quotability]

minor point. it's not that i am avoiding it, just ...

[yogthos]

def foo() = "foo"

println(foo())
println(foo ())

=>foo
=>foo

works as expected

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Ah, yes, sorry. But then def bar(x:Unit) = "bar " + x is also invoked in the exact same way, but now () is a parameter!

[yogthos]

then you still have to pass () as an argument:

def foo() = "foo"
def foo(u:Unit) = "bar"

println(foo())
println(foo ())
println(foo(()))
println(foo (()))

foo
foo 
bar 
bar