Flag proposal

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 6/12/11 1:59 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Andrei Alexandrescu"<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org>  wrote in message
> news:it1cvf$21d4$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>
>> It's the namespace pollution and the non-self-containedness of the
>> function that's most troublesome. Also see Steve's point about methods.
>> It's just untenable - to use the idiom with a class/struct method, you
>> need to go all the way _outside_ of it an plant a symbol there.
>>
>
> You can't put an enum in a class/struct?
>
>> What I find most interesting is that the lack of strong counterarguments
>> has not stood in the way of a strong emotional response.
>
> Correction: Andrei's staunch dismissal of all counterarguments has not stood
> in the way of a strong emotional response.
>
>> This mood has made it difficult for exchange of rational arguments. Funny
>> thing is, the change is tiny.
>>
>> "Here, I'll add a handful of yes/no enums here and there in the standard
>> library, just to help some algorithms. More to come."
>>
>> "Yeah, sure, whatevs."
>>
>> "Here, there's a way to define them once so we don't need to define them
>> everywhere."
>>
>
> Correction: "Here, there's a way to solve a barely-existant problem by
> botching up syntax (and error messages) for the user."
>
>> "Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"
>>

I'm not sure, but I think I see a sarcasm in there.

Andrei