Compiler hints, inlining and syntax consistency

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2013-12-28 12:38, "Ola Fosheim Grøstad" 
<ola.fosheim.grostad+dlang at gmail.com>" wrote:

> I don't grasp the motivation for the naming of keywords in D. I think
> the syntax would be more clear if "@" was reserved for compiler hints.

Originally @ was added for some new keywords to get a new "namespace" 
for keywords. There was no risk of conflict with existing symbol names 
since @ wasn't allowed in symbol names. Since UDA's were introduces this 
isn't the case anymore.

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/Jacob Carlborg