Final by default?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 3/14/14, 8:43 AM, Daniel Murphy wrote:
> "Andrei Alexandrescu"  wrote in message
> news:lfv6hk$12su$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> On occasion I needed a computed qualifier (I think there's code in
>> Phobos like that) and the only way I could do it was through ugly code
>> duplication or odd mixin-generated code. Allowing computed
>> qualifiers/attributes would be a very elegant and general approach,
>> and plays beautifully into the strength of D and our current
>> investment in Boolean compile-time predicates.
>
> This is a much bigger change than adding a new storage class, both from
> the language and implementation perspectives.

We can just start with final(false). The point is the syntax offers a 
path to progress.

> How often do you really
> need this much power, now that we have attribute inference?

I'm not sure. It's a good question.


Andrei