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[KennyTM~]

On Jul 4, 11 04:16, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 7/3/11 1:58 PM, KennyTM~ wrote:
>> On Jul 4, 11 02:40, eles wrote:
>>> 1. please update http://www.d-programming-language.org/faq.html#q6
>>> ("Why fall through on switch statements?").
>>>
>>> "The reason D doesn't change this is for the same reason that
>>> integral promotion rules and operator precedence rules were kept the
>>> same - to make code that looks the same as in C operate the same. If
>>> it had subtly different semantics, it will cause frustratingly subtle
>>> bugs." was a good reason at its time, it is no more (since code is
>>> simply *not* accepted).
>>>
>>
>> The whole FAQ needs to be reviewed:
>>
>> 1. Most of the "D 2.0 FAQ" is missing (e.g. 'Where is my simple
>> language?')
>> 2. 'How do I write my own D compiler for CPU X?' - the alternative
>> backend has not been updated for 9 years. As a guide, it's better to
>> refer to some Wiki4D article or the LDC interface.
>> 3. 'Where can I get an IDE for D?' - Just link to a Wiki4D article. It
>> is missing newer IDEs like Visual D.
>> 4. 'What about templates?' - There's no need to keep this D 0.x item...
>> 5. 'Why fall through on switch statements?' - As eles's comment.
>> 6. 'Why doesn't D use reference counting for garbage collection?' - Add
>> std.typecons.RefCounted
>> 7. 'Can't a sufficiently smart compiler figure out that a function is
>> pure automatically?' - But now we have purity inference :)
>>
>>> now, flames are on (again) - well, I have no alternative.
>>>
>> [snip]
>
> Great points. I'll update the FAQ when I'll find the time, and please
> send your pull requests too!
>
> Andrei

Submitted http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6243 to keep 
track on the list.