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Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Ok, per Aarti's suggestion: without speaking officially for Walter, let
> me ask this - what do you think are the top issues you'd like to see
> fixed in D?
> 
> Andrei

Let me throw in mine as well.

As per request, I won't list enhancements, only things I perceive to be issues with D as it _currently_ is.

1) the Phobos/Tango schism.
2) CTFE leaks. (been bitten by this recently)
3) the Exception/Error problem (they're different things, they shouldn't inherit!)
4) std.zip
5) contracts under inheritance.

Feature improvements would be:

1) AST manipulation at compile-time (this might supercede and deprecate templates _and_ CTFE by merging them into a common component)
2) auto return type
3) reference types
4) tuple syntax
5) trailing delegates.

Of course, all of these have been brought up before (and mostly ignored), so I don't hold much hope.

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