Arbitrary abbreviations in phobos considered ridiculous

[H. S. Teoh]

On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 07:32:55PM -0500, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Saturday, March 10, 2012 01:22:49 David Nadlinger wrote:
> > On Saturday, 10 March 2012 at 00:16:14 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> > > UFCS will give people more freedom and may help templates in
> > > some cases, […]
[...]
> So, it'll probably help _some_, but I think that there's a good chance
> that you're right and that it won't be as useful as some people are
> expecting. But for better or worse, it looks like we're getting it.
[...]

We already have it. Latest DMD in git understands stuff like 2.5.sqrt(),
and supports pseudo-members.


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