Array literals

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

bearophile wrote:
> bearophile:
>> I think this is 20-40 times more important than inventing a new
>> syntax that replaces !()
> 
> I find it ironic that 100+ messages are exchanged on this NG about
> something that 98-99% of people has felt as not broken (the template
> instantiation syntax) while real problems that I encounter often when
> I program (array literals, AA literals, etc etc) seem ignored by D
> developers. This is the biggest difference between an open source
> language, and one language like D where the inevitably personal bias
> of 1-3 people guide most of the language design.

I hear you. For the languages I know that has always been the case: one 
person or small group is behind each language. Except for Ada. What 
process do you have in mind?

I agree that array literals are problematic. I'll about that in another 
thread.

Andrei