A division problem

[H. S. Teoh]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 07:19:58PM +0000, Peter Alexander wrote:
> On Monday, 24 March 2014 at 03:55:41 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> >Seasoned C/C++/D programmers watch for the types every time they
> >perform a division, to avoid that trap. But less experienced
> >programmers introduce bugs with divisions. Can D help the programmer
> >reduce the frequency of similar bugs? And do we want to?
> 
> We are passed the initial stage of designing the language. D is used
> now in lots of real code. The focus now has to be on completing the
> original design, and maybe making small non-breaking improvements
> where practical.  Discussions about fundamental changes to the
> language like this, while interesting, are distracting and
> counterproductive.

Don't we have a wiki page for ideas for "future D" (or D3?)? These ideas
can go on that page.


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