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@ -137,6 +137,14 @@ to supply any type of first argument for procedures:
Another way to look at the method call syntax is that it provides the missing Another way to look at the method call syntax is that it provides the missing
postfix notation. postfix notation.
The method call syntax conflicts with explicit generic instantiations:
``p[T](x)`` cannot be written as ``x.p[T]`` because ``x.p[T]`` is always
parsed as ``(x.p)[T]``.
**Future directions**: ``p[.T.]`` might be introduced as an alternative syntax
to pass explict types to a generic and then ``x.p[.T.]`` can be parsed as
``x.(p[.T.])``.
See also: `Limitations of the method call syntax`_. See also: `Limitations of the method call syntax`_.