My stupid question

[oldbrother]

I read the V2 documentation and come with a stupid question:

Why IniRead has been changed to:

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Value := IniRead(Filename, Section, Key , Default)
Section := IniRead(Filename, Section)
SectionNames := IniRead(Filename)

But IniDelete and IniWrite are still not functions:

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IniDelete Filename, Section , [Key]

IniWrite Value, Filename, Section, Key
IniWrite Pairs, Filename, Section

[swagfag]

it would make no sense to statement-call IniRead()(although u are free to do so, if u so desire)

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IniRead Filename, Section, Key [, Default]
IniRead Filename, Section
IniRead Filename

IniRead() has no (immediate, that u would typically care about) sideeffects and ure calling it for its return value
IniDelete() has sideeffects and no return value, so statement-calling it can make sense, so the docs depict that usage(i think this holds for all such uses but i havent gone through the entire docs in a while)

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are still not functions

everything is a function. and everything under the right(wrong?) circumstances can be a Function Call Statement(although id very much like for that to not have been the case, lexikos, please delete this feature already lol)

[oldbrother]

I understand now:

All functions can be called without parentheses if the return value is not needed (but as before, parentheses cannot be omitted for calls within an expression).

Sorry I'm too old to catch all the details.