Make dur a property?

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 21:54:54 Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2013-01-23 21:46, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> > I confess that it's syntax like that that makes dislike UFCS. I can see
> > why
> > you might like it, but personally, I find it to be hideous.
> > 
> > But as long as you're not using -property, you can do 2.days to get a
> > Duration of 2 days, much as I wish that you couldn't.
> 
> The point is that the code should read like regular text.

I know that that's what you're going for, but I don't agree with it at all.
It's code, not a novel.

> But if you do:
> 
> auto t = ago(days(2));
> 
> It's backwards

I've programmed enough in functional languages (and in a functional style in 
non-functional languages) to find 2.days().ago() to be horribly backwards.

> but it's still better than:
> 
> auto a = Time.now() - 60 * 60 * 24 * 2; // don't know the exact syntax

Well, of course that's horrible. It's using naked numbers. The correct syntax 
would be

auto a = Clock.currTime() - dur!"days"(2);

or if you don't want to use dur

auto a = Clock.currTime() - days(2);

And I see no problem with that.

- Jonathan M Davis