DIP 1017--Add Bottom Type--Final Review

Walter Bright newshound2 at digitalmars.com
Wed Jan 16 10:25:21 UTC 2019


On 1/16/2019 2:18 AM, Dukc wrote:
> But also, your DIP needn't make that choice. Since the type is defined with 
> `typeof` instead of it's own keyword, anyone can alias the type however he 
> wants. The terminology can be left to evolve naturally, without needing to 
> dictate a term for the type.

Exactly why it was done that way. It was a way to avoid needing a keyword, much 
like `string` is an alias, not a keyword.

The name was never the point of the DIP.


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