Whence came UFCS?

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On 7/27/18 10:09 AM, Simen Kjærås wrote:
> On Friday, 27 July 2018 at 13:38:26 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> On 7/27/18 7:24 AM, Simen Kjærås wrote:
>>> Arrays' .reverse, .sort and others were added in 0.24, but I can't 
>>> find a download for anything before 0.50.
>>
>> Reverse and sort were properties (compiler built-ins), not extensions. 
>> If it existed in 2002, it's safe to say it was there pretty much from 
>> the beginning.
> 
>  From what I recall, UFCS for arrays were essentially a bug - an 
> unintended side effect of how the properties were implemented. But it's 
> been 15 years, so I can't really trust my memory. :p

Heh, that pre-dates my D lifetime. Interesting if it was a bug!

-Steve