add attributes to debug

[Gorge Jingale via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 24 July 2016 at 23:41:26 UTC, Ivan Kazmenko wrote:
> On Sunday, 24 July 2016 at 21:33:20 UTC, Gorge Jingale wrote:
>
>> To allow for different debug versions without having to go 
>> full blown version().
>>
>> @mem debug do something memory wise
>> @see debug write a message to console
>
> I don't get what would be the benefit.
> Currently, you can write that like:
>
> version (debug_mem) {do something memory wise}
> version (debug_see) {write a message to console}
>
> In my opinion, saving a few characters here does not get 
> anywhere near a good reason to add language complexity.
>
> Ivan Kazmenko.

It's not complex to add and it saves more than a few characters, 
One can append attributes much easier to debug than version. That 
alone saves about 10 chars each statement, if there is, say 1000 
debug statements in a typical smallish app, that's 10000 
characters, quite a bit. One also has to consider the extra 
identifiers to add. That is around 20 chars each. It's also a bit 
more visual.

It's also easier to remove attributes or change them. If one 
needs to change all debug attributes @see to @look, that involves 
about 10 keystrotes. If one has to do this to version, it is 
about 30.

It already fits in with attributes... no extra complexity their.