A division problem

[bearophile]

Peter Alexander:

> We are passed the initial stage of designing the language. D is 
> used now in lots of real code.

I'd like D improve some more.


> The focus now has to be on completing the original design,

The original D design is to make a language that is "focused on 
safety", so we are still working to complete it :-)


> and maybe making small non-breaking improvements where 
> practical.

I think the problem raised in this thread could have a very 
limited negative impact on correct existing D code, and a 
positive impact in finding wrong code.


> Discussions about fundamental changes to the language like this,

It's not a fundamental change, I think it's a sufficiently 
limited change. As usual you can be sure only when you apply such 
ideas on real D code.


> are distracting and counterproductive.

It's not distracting, because it focuses on something you do 
often (divisions), and it's hopefully productive because it could 
avoid some bugs and decrease the time spent performing rote 
manual code review.

Bye,
bearophile