Tuple literal syntax

[Stephan Soller]

On 07.10.2010 17:36, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 10/7/10 10:13 CDT, Kagamin wrote:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:
>>
>>> struct Coord
>>> {
>>> int x, y, z;
>>> }
>>>
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>>>
>>> alias Tuple!(int, "x", int, "y", int, "z") Coord;
>>
>> Is there a real need for an alternative way to declare structs?
>
> Yes.
>
> Andrei

I agree but I also don't agree. I like the possibility to return 
multiple values (quite handy in Ruby, PHP and other languages) and 
therefore we need language constructs to group multiple values and 
ungroup them again.

However as soon as these fields are named it looks to me like an 
ordinary structure. So why not just create something like an "anonymous 
structure literal" that behaves to structures like anonymous functions 
(or delegates) to functions?

This would look a lot more consistent to me than playing around with 
different kinds of tuples. However I'm not sure about the details (e.g. 
how would such structures handle type or alias contents).

Happy programming
Stephan