memory management and the standard library

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2019-03-15 00:06, H. S. Teoh wrote:

> OTOH, though, these twists and turns in the development of the language
> are also an integral part of what it is; UFCS, for example, came about
> from a clever hack added in order to make built-in arrays compatible
> with the then newly-introduced range API. Later on, people clamored for
> this "hack" to be extended to other types and become officially
> accepted. It was a huge success IMO. Nowadays, I can't imagine writing D
> code without UFCS.

That's not what happened. UFCS for arrays existed in D1, long before D2 
and when ranges were introduced.

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/Jacob Carlborg