The Is Operator

[Robert Fraser]

Derek Parnell Wrote:

> On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:23:48 -0400, Kyle G. wrote:
> 
> > The code I am concerned about is "var !is null" which appears to 
> > translate to "var not is null" when it actually means "var is not null." 
> > Is there any special reason why we are unable to do "var isnot null" or 
> > "var is not null"?
> 
> This gets discussed every 6-months or so ... my favourite replacement
> keyword so far is "aint" as in "if (var aint null) "   :-)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Derek Parnell
> Melbourne, Australia
> skype: derek.j.parnell

Now _that's_ the sort of syntax feature we need to make D a major and respected player in the software engineering world.