Straight Forward Arrays

[Imperatorn]

On Sunday, 1 October 2023 at 13:24:27 UTC, dhs wrote:
> On Sunday, 1 October 2023 at 13:05:12 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
> wrote:
>> On Sunday, 1 October 2023 at 09:01:53 UTC, dhs wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is there a straight forward Array type in D similar to C++'s 
>>> vector class? Something along the lines of the tuple: 
>>> (pointer to elements, length, capacity).
>>>
>>> [...]
>>
>> Std::vector uses value semantics. D does not have anything 
>> like that. It could be done someone just has to do it.
>>
>> -Steve
>
> Yes, and therein lies the problem: writing a dynamic array is 
> not a very difficult task for an old developer like me. I 
> looked at the D runtime and at the Phobos implementation for 
> reference. The code is so extremely difficult to understand and 
> uses so many advanced D features, that I doubt that I am up to 
> the task. For me, the point of switching to D was to use a 
> language that is simpler to read and maintain.

D can be very readable and maintainable, but since all the 
advanced features exist, we are tempted to use them, which can 
cause otherwise normal code to become a bit obfuscated.