Does D have too many features?

simendsjo simendsjo at gmail.com
Mon Apr 30 00:49:47 PDT 2012


On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:39:15 +0200, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:

> On 2012-04-30 02:40, Robert Clipsham wrote:
>> On 28/04/2012 20:22, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
>>> 3. with statement (?). I kind of like it but bleh it's too boggy and it
>>> doesn't seem to pull its weight. (pointers? class references? a lot of
>>> stuff to go wrong) Fluent interfaces solve a good portion of its
>>> benefits to be specific.
>>
>> My primary use case for the with() statement is with final switch:
>>
>> final switch(something) with(MyEnumWithAPrettyLongName)
>> {
>> case A: // Save repeating myself everywhere
>> break;
>>
>> . . .
>>
>> }
>>
>
> That's the only thing I used the with-statement for.
>

I use it to "fake" object initializers from C#:  
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384062.aspx
A feature I love in C# and would like to see in D.


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