Does D have too many features?

[David Nadlinger]

On Sunday, 29 April 2012 at 21:23:41 UTC, SomeDude wrote:
> On Sunday, 29 April 2012 at 19:19:51 UTC, David Nadlinger wrote:
>> What I forgot to mention:
>> - VersionCondition: Just provide a mechanism to map command 
>> line flags to constants, probably in a magic »version« 
>> namespace, and use static if (e.g. »version (Foo)« -> 
>> »static if (version.Foo)«, »version (unittest)« -> 
>> »static if (unittest)«).
>
> It sounds indeed nice, but I prefer convention over 
> configuration. Experience has shown that it makes things 
> simpler.

What exactly does this have to do with »convention over 
configuration«? The big problem with version conditionals is 
that they introduce a heavily restricted subset of static if, 
i.e. a whole new language construct, for questionable benefits.

David