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[Janice Caron]

On 11/10/07, Bruce Adams <tortoise_74 at yeah.woo.co.uk> wrote:
> I think this is one reason why C++ has . & -> and you can never overload .

Historically, C came before C++. In C, a->b was simply an abbreviation
for (*a).b, so when C++ came along, there was something to overload.

In D, we use a.b as the abbreviation for (*a).b - at least for
pointers. But I accept that it probably can't be made to work for
non-pointers.

> Smart pointers will have to be done a different (and hopefully better)
> way in D.

Well here's to that. Looking forward to finding out what it is.