I need to use delete as the method name. But now it's still a keyword, right?

[bauss]

On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 at 15:33:09 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> On 5/18/22 2:13 AM, bauss wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 at 02:12:42 UTC, zoujiaqing wrote:
>>> https://dlang.org/changelog/2.100.0.html#deprecation_delete
>>>
>>> My code:
>>>
>>> ```D
>>> import std.stdio;
>>>
>>> class HttpClient
>>> {
>>>     string get(string url)
>>>     {
>>>         return "";
>>>     }
>>>
>>>     string delete(string url)
>>>     {
>>>         return "";
>>>     }
>>> }
>>>
>>> void main()
>>> {
>>>     auto http = new HttpClient;
>>>
>>>     string content = 
>>> http.get("https://forum.dlang.org/group/general");
>>>     string content = 
>>> http.delete("https://forum.dlang.org/newpost/general?");
>>> }
>>> ```
>>>
>>> error message
>>> ```bash
>>> % dub build --compiler=dmd
>>> Performing "debug" build using dmd for x86_64.
>>> test ~master: building configuration "application"...
>>> source/app.d(10,9): Error: no identifier for declarator 
>>> `string`
>>> source/app.d(10,9): Error: declaration expected, not `delete`
>>> source/app.d(14,1): Error: unmatched closing brace
>>> dmd failed with exit code 1.
>>> ```
>>>
>>> I wonder when I can use it. Because this will cause a 
>>> software naming problem.
>> 
>> Considering the deprecation period has ended then IMO it 
>> should be able to be used as an identifier.
>> 
>> I would consider this a bug.
>
> No, it's intentional.
>
> https://dlang.org/changelog/2.100.0.html#deprecation_delete
>
> > Starting with this release, using the delete *keyword* will
> result in a *compiler error*.
>
> It's still a keyword according to that. I'm assuming a future 
> release will remove the error, and then you can use it as a 
> symbol.
>
> -Steve

To be honest, it's not clear that it's intentional from the 
description of the changelog. It just says using the keyword will 
result in an error, not using the keyword as an identifier, which 
isn't the same at all.