From: Steven Sharp (sharp@cadence.com)
Date: Sat Feb 12 2000 - 13:38:12 PST
> Here are some arguments in favor of putting the attributes in the middle of
> function calls, instead of at the end. I.e. support:
>
> z = func_name (* mode="hardmacro" *) (arg1, arg2);
>
> 1. This attaches the attribute to the "operator" just as for unary, binary,
> and conditional operators. In this case, the "operator" is the function
> itself. This also keeps the attribute close to the function name which
> probably makes intuitive sense to the user.
This "operator" argument is good enough to quiet most of my qualms.
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