What is the stance on partial initializers when declaring multiplevariables of the same type?

[Simen Kjaeraas]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 01:54:23 +0200, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 7/21/11 6:44 PM, Simen Kjaeraas wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:40:08 +0200, bearophile
>> <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Nick Sabalausky:
>>>
>>>> Crazy, nutty, wacky idea...
>>>>
>>>> float (a, b, c) = 0.0;
>>>
>>> I'd like some syntax sugar for tuples in D (especially for their
>>> unpacking), that syntax goes against one of the most natural ways to
>>> define tuples. So it's not a good idea.
>>
>> It is highly unlikely that D will ever adopt that syntax for tuples,
>> due to the previously much-discussed comma operator (which, while
>> uncommon, is useful at times). I believe the syntax that came out on
>> top in earlier discussions was the upended hamburger bun, or banana
>> syntax:
>>
>> (| float f, string s |) foo = (| 1.2, "Eh, whut?" |);
>
> Here's a crazy idea:
>
> auto foo = tuple(1.2, "Eh, whut?");

Ooh, shiny. I bet I could implement that in the language as-is.


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   Simen