Lazy eval

[John Reimer]

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:41:24 -0700, Walter Bright  
<newshound at digitalmars.com> wrote:

> Derek Parnell wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:33:00 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> The problem with requiring the { } around the argument is that  
>>> programmers just don't like it. I don't think I can make them like it.
>>  Huh? You asked them all? You didn't ask me and I like it.
>
> Did you use it before 0.165? Did anyone? Everyone I'd show the { }  
> syntax to reacted with zzzzzz. I show them the one without, and all of a  
> sudden they are excited about it and can think of all kinds of uses.
>


Zzzz?  I really don't think that was the response.  I believe most people  
here were quite excited about the { } form when it came out (especially  
after experimenting with it for a time).  They just may not have expressed  
it in your hearing (ie. in this newsgroup where you are so accustomed to  
feedback).  Drop in the #D IRC channel on freenode sometime.  You might  
see more discussion about the language then you imagine.  I've run across  
many people that were overjoyed with {} feature, including long time D  
users here.

Silence doesn't mean that there's no support for a feature.  In the  
context of D, silence really is a good sign.  As you know, most people  
here are quite outspoken about any little feature added that might not be  
consistant with the D language. :)

-JJR