DMD 2.066 Alpha

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 6/12/14, 7:26 PM, Daniel Murphy wrote:
> "Andrei Alexandrescu"  wrote in message
> news:lncrb0$31ec$1 at digitalmars.com...
>
>> > It was decided and 100% certain - "virtual" is not going in. Need to
>> > remove it from DMD before this release is out.
>>
>> Yes please. -- Andrei
>
> You did say that something with the same effect as 'virtual' was going in.

No.

> It
> 1. allows escaping final, which we can't do without it or an equivalent
> 2. does exactly what everybody expects
> 3. is already implemented
> 4. looks much nicer than your proposal
>
> Why not just leave it in?  I'm already using it, and it makes
> extern(C++) classes MUCH more readable (ie DDMD)

Please no new keyword for what can be done already. It's not 
proportional response.


Andrei