Invariant -- question #2

[Max Samukha]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:46:47 -0200, Ary Borenszweig
<ary at esperanto.org.ar> wrote:

>Denis Koroskin wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:18:22 +0400, Ary Borenszweig 
>> <ary at esperanto.org.ar> wrote:
>> 
>>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Lars Ivar Igesund
>>>> <larsivar at igesund.net> wrote:
>>>>> It was changed when invariant was introduced to D2 as to make a 
>>>>> transition
>>>>> path ... I think it was announced too.
>>>>  I can't find anything about it in the changelog, but maybe it was
>>>> buried in the newsgroups somewhere.  W has a habit of not announcing
>>>> important changes until three months later when he mentions it in
>>>> passing in a reply as if everyone knew about it.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know about
>>>
>>> =this() {
>>> }
>>>
>>> ?
>> 
>> Looks like a new/alternative syntax for struct postblitting (works in 
>> DMD2.019, too).
>
>Yes, it's exactly that, but I didn't see it announced anywhere.

Isn't it aesthetically repulsive? :)