dmd 1.046 and 2.031 releases

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Ary Borenszweig wrote:
> のしいか (noshiika) escribió:
>> Thank you for the great work, Walter and all the other contributors.
>>
>> But I am a bit disappointed with the CaseRangeStatement syntax.
>> Why is it
>>    case 0: .. case 9:
>> instead of
>>    case 0 .. 9:
>>
>> With the latter notation, ranges can be easily used together with 
>> commas, for example:
>>    case 0, 2 .. 4, 6 .. 9:
>>
>> And CaseRangeStatement, being inconsistent with other syntaxes using 
>> the .. operator, i.e. slicing and ForeachRangeStatement, includes the 
>> endpoint.
>> Shouldn't D make use of another operator to express ranges that 
>> include the endpoints as Ruby or Perl6 does?
> 
> I agree.
> 
> I think this syntax is yet another one of those things people looking at 
> D will say "ugly" and turn their heads away.

And what did those people use when they wanted to express a range of 
case labels? In other words, where did those people turn their heads 
towards?

Andrei