> Used judiciously Which is exactly the problem. Yes, some people will use it judiciously. Other people will just use it wherever possible. Yet others will mi

> Used judiciously Which is exactly the problem. Yes, some people will use it judiciously. Other people will just use it wherever possible. Yet others will mix it with the alternative style willy-nilly. Some won't use it at all. And as you so correctly point out, some people will try to be too clever with it. The result is the exact opposite of what was originally intended by syntactic sugar: Instead of making code easier to read, it becomes harder. The only way to , at least partially, prevent that, is for languages to be restrictive in their syntax. Yes, that may be more verbose at times. But I consider that a small price to pay for consistency.