Integer conversions too pedantic in 64-bit

Nick Sabalausky a at a.a
Tue Feb 15 13:20:46 PST 2011


"Walter Bright" <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
news:ijeil4$2aso$3 at digitalmars.com...
> spir wrote:
>> Having to constantly explain that "_t" means type, that "size" does not 
>> mean size, what this type is supposed to mean instead, what it is used 
>> for in core and stdlib functionality, and what programmers are supposed 
>> to use it for... isn't this a waste of our time? This, only because the 
>> name is mindless?
>
> No, because there is a vast body of work that uses size_t and a vast body 
> of programmers who know what it is and are totally used to it.
>

And there's a vast body who don't.

And there's a vast body who are used to C++, so let's just abandon D and 
make it an implementation of C++ instead.





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