Deprecate C style declerations?

[Daniel Keep]

Hasan Aljudy wrote:
> 
> 
> Don Clugston wrote:
>>
>> I'd also add:
>> * some alternative to #line that doesn't waste the '#' symbol on such 
>> a rarely-used feature.
>>
> 
> I've always wondered if there's even anyone out there using this so 
> called "feature"?
> Why would you want to alter the lexer's internal state of the current 
> line number?
> Who even came up with the idea?
> 
>> And there are probably a few more I've forgotten about.

I use it!

I'm currently working on a project that my supervisor wanted written in 
literate style.  So I ported CWEB over to D, and it relies heavily on 
the use of #line.  Basically, where code appears in the source document, 
and where it appears in the generated code often have little 
correlation, and without #line debugging would be next to impossible.

Remember, just because you don't use a feature and think it's ugly, 
doesn't mean no one does.

Let me put it this way: if #line is removed, I have to go back to C 
since I doubt my supervisor will let me use a language for which I'm 
stuck using an old compiler for.  Hell, *I* wouldn't want to do that.

(As for C-style declarations, it means you can copy+paste a whole bunch 
of C declarations into D source.  Yes they can be converted, but this is 
as simple as it gets.  If it's no extra work for Walter, why remove it?)

	-- Daniel "you'll pry #line from my cold, dead hands"