Arbitrary abbreviations in phobos considered ridiculous

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Steven Schveighoffer" <schveiguy at yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:06:40 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu 
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>
>> Insert obligatory link: http://drdobbs.com/184401197
>>
>> Very insightful article.
>
> Interesting point to make about D, however.  It's really *difficult* to 
> make related non-member non-friend functions, since all functions inside 
> the same module as a type are friends.

Geez, I *still* keep forgetting about that. And I'm not sure I've ever 
really found it particularly useful. I'd be happy to see that go away in D3. 
Acually, I'd argue in favor of changing "private" to "module" (much like how 
we have the "package" access specifier) and then adding a more traditional 
private. I doubt any of this will ever actually happen. But, oh well, one 
can dream.