Reading bool as the string "true" or "false"

[Robert Fraser]

Ali Cehreli wrote:
> If the default behavior for dout.writefln is to print bool values as the "true" and "false" strings, then the opposite should be available and arguably be the default:
> 
>   // "true" and "false" should be acceptable inputs:
>   bool b;
>   din.readf(&b);
> 
> Am I wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ali
> 
> P.S. There hasn't been any responses to the same question that I asked at the .learn forum:
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmars.D.learn&article_id=17291

Open a bug; the newgroups aren't the right place for this. Thanks!