Proposal: Function declaration with keyword

[Bill Baxter]

Georg Wrede wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote:
>> boyd wrote:
>>
>>> The chances of this feature from happening depends on whether this 
>>> proposal appeals to the ideas of the designers of D, and partly on 
>>> what the D community thinks of it. So, there's really no telling what 
>>> kinds of odds we're dealing with here.
>>
>> After you've observed Walter's behavior for a year or so, you start to 
>> get a feel for what he will or will not go for.  In my opinion, based 
>> on Walter's track record, he's not going to break with C tradition 
>> just to slightly improve readability.  He's hunting for features that 
>> that will enable paradigm shifts.
>>
>> And he has an irrational fear of all things Pascal.  :-)
> 
> Mmmmpppghhhhh.....fffff........................

I don't get it.

But actually I take it back, Walter doesn't have an irrational fear of 
Pascal.  What he's said in the past (most recent I recall was discussion 
of using "var" instead of "auto") is that some people hate Pascal so 
much that they will shun a language if it even *reminds* them of Pascal.

So it's more like he has an irrational fear of people who have an 
irrational fear of Pascal. :-)

--bb