# Pre-RFC: Easier extension-traits

**URL:** <https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/pre-rfc-easier-extension-traits/19327>\
**Category:** language design\
**Created:** [August 14, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/pre-rfc-easier-extension-traits/19327 "2023-08-14T00:33:03Z")\
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There was a [thread](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/weird-syntax-idea-s-for-umcs/19200) with a proposal for a uniform method call syntax about a month ago that is related. What if you could write `x.(f)(y)` to mean `f(x, y)`?

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