generic + numeric + literals = abomination

[Bill Baxter]

Note that 'real' is a built in type in D.  It's an 80-bit float on x86
procs and 64-bit elsewhere.
So .5L is like cast(real).5.  Not the solution you were looking for.

--bb

2010/3/27 so <so at so.do>:
> On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:28:22 +0200, bearophile <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com>
> wrote:
>
>> so:
>>>
>>> One thing i can think of now is adding another float literal, maybe 'r',
>>> for "real"!,
>>
>> See here, Unfortunately it's called "L" not "r":
>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/lex.html
>>
>> FloatSuffix:
>>        f
>>        F
>>
>> RealSuffix:
>>        L
>>
>> bearophile
>
> Yes, it says :
> "Floating literals with no suffix are of type double. Floats can be followed
> by one f, F, or L suffix. The f or F suffix means it is a float, and L means
> it is a real."
>
> Problem remains, i think you either lost me or just didn't read what i
> wrote,
> or well.. most probably i am still not clear enough.
>
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