Signed word lengths and indexes

[Walter Bright]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Stephan wrote:
>> On 15.06.2010 19:41, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> 3. The compiler could be easily modified to add a switch that prevents
>>> such features from being used. This is no different from the
>>> customizations done to C compilers for kernel dev.
>>
>> Why not make such a change in a future release of the official version ?
> 
> It's pretty low on the priority list, because the absence of such a 
> switch would not prevent you from using D as a better C compiler.

I would move it up in the priority if there was a serious project that needed 
it, as opposed to being a convenient excuse to not use D. One reason that dmd 
comes with source is so that people can try out things like this.