Does D have too many features?

[deadalnix]

Le 29/04/2012 00:04, H. S. Teoh a écrit :
> On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 11:58:19PM +0200, deadalnix wrote:
> [...]
>>   - is is messed up. It is a massive hack and have to be rationalized.
>
> As I said in another thread, the _functionality_ of various is()
> expressions are very useful and should be kept. But the _syntax_ is
> completely b0rked and needs some serious redesign.
>

That is what I meant.

>
>>   - version is a bad version of static if. The static if part of the
>> version must go.
>
> What's your proposal?
>

version(foobar) returning a boolean at compile time for instance.

>
>>   - comma expression is confusing and have very little benefice.
>
> +1. I say that D3 should drop the comma operator. Esp. when doing so
> will open up the way for having native syntax for tuples. Needing to
> resort to Phobos to have a way to name a compiler-supported type is
> backwards and silly.
>
>
>>   - out arguments. We can return tuples, out argument is going
>> backward in history.
>
> Not when there's no way to name tuples without resorting to Phobos (or
> copy-n-paste Phobos code).
>

See how both go together. Remove comma expression, get a nice tuple 
syntax, and then remove out parameter seems a nice way to go.