The Case Against Autodecode

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 12:13:57AM -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 5/30/16 6:00 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> > On 5/30/2016 11:25 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> > > I don't agree on changing those. Indexing and slicing a char[] is
> > > really useful and actually not hard to do correctly (at least with
> > > regard to handling code units).
> > 
> > Yup. It isn't hard at all to use arrays of codeunits correctly.
> 
> Trouble is, it isn't hard at all to use arrays of codeunits
> incorrectly, too. -- Andrei

Neither does autodecoding make code anymore correct. It just better
hides the fact that the code is wrong.


T

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I've been around long enough to have seen an endless parade of magic new techniques du jour, most of which purport to remove the necessity of thought about your programming problem.  In the end they wind up contributing one or two pieces to the collective wisdom, and fade away in the rearview mirror. -- Walter Bright