Does D have too many features?

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 01-05-2012 06:44, SomeDude wrote:
> On Tuesday, 1 May 2012 at 02:26:53 UTC, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:
>> On 01-05-2012 03:41, Jesse Phillips wrote:
>>>
>>> Complexity of the operation. in on an array is not nearly the same as
>>> with an associative array.
>>
>> I know, but it's very intuitive still; see Python.
>
> And that's why it's somewhat dangerous. Because it's so easy to use,
> someone that doesn't pay enough attention may overlook the fact that he
> is not using the right data structure. If he often has to do that more
> than once, he is using the wrong tool for the job. I agree it would be
> syntaxically nice, but I worry giving this syntactic sugar for what's a
> for loop with lots of comparisons isn't such a good idea. And the
> comparisons themselves are subject to caution. If for instance it's an
> array of floats, or some custom objects, it's very unlikely that you are
> going to compare bit by bit. So basically, this would be useful only for
> integers and chars.

1) So because some people might use a feature incorrectly due to lack of 
knowledge in algorithms and data structures, we should cripple the language?
2) The same holds true for AAs keyed by floats.

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- Alex