ADL

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 9/3/2016 2:31 AM, Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> I'm tired of these sorts of dismissals. You insist that I'm not a
> 'real' D programmer, or something to that effect.

Not at all. No insult was intended. People often find better, more D idiomatic 
ways of writing code and tell me I need to change my style to use it.

For example, there was a long discussion about the right way to use @trusted in 
templates a while back.

The way I had considered "best practice" was inferior, and I simply could no 
longer defend it and adopted the way others had developed.

Just because I have been writing D longer than anyone doesn't mean I 
automatically am imbued with wisdom of the best way to do things. We're all 
learning. The way I write D code constantly evolves.

If we're going to find the best way to do things in D, we're going to have to be 
willing to check our pride at the door and be willing to reexamine any 
assumption and practice, no matter how long it has been in use.

My purpose in participating in this thread is to help you be successful using D, 
not denigrate you. I'm fully aware that I'm often rather artless in the way I 
make points, social skills are one of my challenges. So I ask you to be tolerant 
of my shortcomings in that area, and try to look past it.