std.compress

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Tue Jun 4 21:54:46 PDT 2013


On 6/5/13 12:44 AM, Max Samukha wrote:
> On Tuesday, 4 June 2013 at 18:46:49 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 6/4/2013 11:43 AM, Timothee Cour wrote:
>>> writing generic code.
>>> same reason as why we prefer:
>>> auto y=to!double(x) over auto y=to_double(x);
>>
>> The situations aren't comparable. The to!double case is parameterizing
>> with a type, the compress one is not. Secondly, compress(lzw) does
>> ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but turn around and call lzw. It adds nothing.
>
> That "absolutely" based on limited personal experience is the biggest
> D's problem.

It's a point, but "biggest" is also kind of too much and based on 
limited personal experience :o).

Andrei


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