dst = src rather than src dst
Kirk McDonald
kirklin.mcdonald at gmail.com
Thu Sep 6 11:26:15 PDT 2007
Janice Caron wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: digitalmars-d-bounces at puremagic.com
> [mailto:digitalmars-d-bounces at puremagic.com] On Behalf Of Kirk McDonald
> Sent: 06 September 2007 09:14
> To: digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
> Subject: Re: dst = src rather than src dst
>
>> I just don't particularly like it very much. This is primarily because
>> it's merely a syntax change.
>
> D is an evolving language. It's had lots of syntax changes in the past.
>
>> If the old syntax is retained, we have redundant syntaxes, which is
>> annoying and not a good thing.
>
> Hmmm....
>
> char[] x;
> char x[];
>
This is precisely the sort of thing I'm talking about. I'd list this as
a case where the increased clarity of the new syntax is absolutely worth
it, but these redundant syntaxes are still annoying and I don't like the
fact we have to have 'em.
> Double Hmmm....
>
> void f(static int x) {...}
> void f(int x)() {...}
> template f(int x) { void f() {...} }
>
The second and third forms you have here aren't so much redundant syntax
as the full syntax and the shorthand syntactic sugar for same. The first
syntax is different, in that you call it differently:
f(1);
// vs
f!(2);
> Hmmm again...
>
> find(s,'\n');
> s.find('\n');
>
This I'll grant you. However, when this gets working for all types, it
will be less a syntactic redundancy and more of an orginizational
nicety. (You'll be able to split some methods out of a class, and
perhaps into a seperate module, or even extend an existing class with
your own "methods.")
I've already spent more time in this thread than I intended to. Despise
this, /I don't care that much/ about whether this syntax is added. If it
were put to a vote, I would abstain. I'm merely pointing out that adding
new syntax which does not actually do anything new should on principle
be avoided.
--
Kirk McDonald
http://kirkmcdonald.blogspot.com
Pyd: Connecting D and Python
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