virtual-by-default rant

[Manu]

On 18 March 2012 04:14, F i L <witte2008 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Manu wrote:
>
>> That's no less ugly though, in fact, it's considerably more ugly. more
>> brace spam + indentation levels for nothing.
>>
>
> I actually like the bracket+indentation as a section separator indicator.
> Usually I'll "group" fields/methods by common attribute:
>
>    class Window
>    {
>        private {
>            string _title;
>            int _x, _y;
>            // etc...
>        }
>
>        @property {
>            auto title() { return _title; }
>            auto x() { return _x; }
>            auto y() { return _y; }
>            // etc...
>        }
>    }
>
>    // Or...
>
>    struct Vector2(T)
>    {
>        T x, y;
>
>        @property {
>            auto xy() { return this; }
>            auto yx() { return Vector2(y, x); }
>        }
>
>        @property static {
>            auto zero() { return Vector2(0, 0); }
>            auto one()  { return Vector2(1, 1); }
>            // etc...
>        }
>    }
>
> But I'm also use to C# code which is usually indented twice before you
> even get to functions (namespace -> class -> method).
>

Yeah, I'm not really into that. I group things conceptually.
Either way, I've never written a class where non-virtuals don't outweigh
virtuals in the realm of 20:1. There needs to be a way to declare it the
other way around without polluting my indentation levels.
final: at the top and explicit 'virtual' would make a big difference.
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