Fixing the imaginary/complex mess

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Mon, 04 May 2009 09:44:18 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> Georg Wrede wrote:
>> Walter, could the error message then include "Please use z.re or z.im  
>> to get the parts, instead of a cast." or something. Otherwise we have  
>> to explain to all users separately what's going on, /and/ that the  
>> omission of implementing the cast in D isn't an omission.
>
> If we cut the limb, why first apply an ointment to it?

I think the point is relevant to D1, where you can't really remove the  
limb, but you can apply make-up to make it look less deformed ;)

-Steve