C++ traps that D2 doesn't avoid yet?

[Lars Kyllingstad]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 7:37 AM, Walter Bright
> <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Walter Bright
>>> <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>>>> BCS wrote:
>>>>> Reply to Walter,
>>>>>
>>>>>> Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Even experienced developers fall into some of these traps.  I know I
>>>>>>> occasionally fell into this trap:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> if(x);
>>>>>>> x->doSomething();
>>>>>>> But no more with D, because it's not allowed.  Those kinds of things
>>>>>>> can be easily prevented, and are common mistakes by all programmers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's another fun one:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> printf("%d\n", 8l);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What does that print?
>>>>>>
>>>>> 8
>>>> If I hadn't said it was a trap, I bet you'd have said "81".
>>> I wouldn't've, because I use a font that actually distinguishes things
>>> 1, I, l, and | properly.  <_<
>> 0 and O is another fun one. In any case, 8l is legal C, but illegal D.
> 
> Threre are various good programmer fonts out there today that are
> designed to make the 1 l | and 0 O distinctions clear.
> I use the Proggy fonts.  http://www.proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download
> 
> These days I'd say if you're not using one of these fonts for
> programming you're being an extremely silly person.
> 
> --bb

I use and recommend the DejaVu Sans Mono font. With this font there is 
no chance of confusing those troublesome characters, and it's very easy 
on the eyes. Also, the DejaVu fonts are available in the repositories of 
many (most?) Linux distributions.

    http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/

-Lars