structs vs classes

so so at so.do
Sat Jan 29 06:01:43 PST 2011


> I'm a bit troubled with the class/struct dichotomy. I would prefer them  
> both to use the same keyword. Heap/stack allocation could be specified  
> during instantiation instead. Why? Now you need to choose one over the  
> other. Not even C++ has this limitation.

This keeps coming and i have no idea how people think C++ treatment is any  
way good.
You are free to call the D design of struct/class the worst possible, but  
at least don't base your reasoning to C++ please.

C++: both class and struct are exactly same, except one trivial:

struct A : B {
};

means:

class A : public B {
public:
};

In D they are quite different and they have different keywords.

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/class.html
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/struct.html


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