Decimal Arithmetic module available

Lars T. Kyllingstad public at kyllingen.NOSPAMnet
Wed Mar 17 01:56:08 PDT 2010


Michael Rynn wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:41:25 +1100, Daniel Keep wrote:
> 
>> BCS wrote:
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Maybe we need a std.arithmetic.* for all the "a little more than just a
>>> number" types.
>> Phobos with subpackages?!  Blasphemy!  That's what those filthy Tango
>> heathens do and everyone knows that's just morally WRONG.
>>
>> (Yes, I know about std.c.*.)
> 
> Then all of Java must be wrong too?

Yes. ;)


> The list of std modules is getting a bit too long. Maybe a tree structure 
> would work.  After all it is for a programming language.

I have the impression that a lot of the Phobos modules in D2 are relics 
from D1 that will be removed in due time.


> Another idea 
> would be to make another root,  like  dlang. or lang. Having std. in 
> front of nearly makes it a piece of superflous, redundent information. 
> There are many roots more to choice from, and maybe it be nice to have 
> the root module path be more informative?

Why is 'std.' more redundant than Java's 'java.'?

-Lars


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