In expression for array
Bill Baxter
dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com
Wed Jan 23 21:32:44 PST 2008
BCS wrote:
> Reply to kede,
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> How about adding In expressions for general arrays in addition to
>> assoc arrays:
>>
>> if ('i' in eyes)
>> ...
>> as a simple replacement for the more verbose
>> foreach(c; eyes)
>> if (c == 'i')
>> ...
>> I think its a common enough pattern to warrant inclusion?
>>
>> Have fun,
>> kede
>
> this suggestion comes up about every other month, gets thrashed about
> (pros, cons, etc.) until everyone losses interest and then dies the same
> (un implemented) death.
But the last discussion was archived in bugzilla:
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1323
Summary: some people (including Walter, I believe) think that, if
implemented at all, "x in some_array" should be equivalent to "x>=0 &&
x<some_array.length".
--bb
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