Manifest constants using 'manifest' keyword?

[Derek Parnell]

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:49:08 +0100, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote:

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> Matti Niemenmaa wrote:
>> Derek Parnell wrote:
>>> Until one gets to know what it means, "manifest" looks like a noun
>>> rather than an adjective. I can just see newbies saying things like ...
>>> "what is a 'manifest'" when confronted with stuff like ...
>>>
>>> manifest 
>>> {
>>>    int Foo;
>>>    long Bar;
>>> }
>> 
>> Alright, I'll bite. What /is/ manifest meant to mean here?
>> 
> 	I'd bet for a compilation error ;) A correct declaration would be:
> 
> manifest
> {
>    int Foo = 42;
>    long Bar = 4242;
> }

LOL ... it was 2:30AM when I wrote that.

What I had in mind was the apparent similarity in syntax structure between 

 struct S
 {
  int Foo = 42;
  long Bar = 4242;
 }

and

 manifest
 {
  int Foo = 42;
  long Bar = 4242;
 }

But overall, 'manifest' is better then an overloaded 'enum' and, as I
expect what will happen, 'manifest' will be in very common usage. It also
helps in visually distinquishing the D programming language from C/C++.

It will do.

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Derek Parnell
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