Translating Modula2 into D: variant records, pointer

[BLS]

Jarrett Billingsley schrieb:
> "BLS" <Killing_Zoe at web.de> wrote in message 
> news:eo0ih9$2odp$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
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>>Many thanks, this info will give me a Go!
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>> I guess in Modula2, if 'terminal' is true, you
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>>>can only access tsym, and otherwise you can only access nSym?
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>>No. Nothing prevents you from making mistake.(In fact variant records are 
>>a pretty nice source for bugs)  Would be nice if D can do this better!
>>Bjoern
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> Hmm.. what's that 'terminal' member for then, anyway? 
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The official language definition (Quote N. Wirth/my interpretation) says 
that Mr. Compiler has to take care about it. The real world 
implementation is just an other story.
Bjoern, and  Thanks again man!