DIP 1027--String Interpolation--Final Review Discussion Thread

[H. S. Teoh]

On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 11:38:58AM +0000, Paolo Invernizzi via Digitalmars-d wrote:
[...]
> A different beast is Adam / Steven proposal ... but to this one, my
> vote will be -1.
[...]

I agree. I would also vote -1 for this proposal. It's an anemic
implementation of string interpolation that neither hits the target of
what most people expect string interpolation to be, nor adds any new
value that makes up for this lack. It's bringing a knife to a gunfight.

Adam/Steven's proposal is *so* much better, in that it meets most
people's expectations (the interpolated string implicitly convertible to
string), *and* enables powerful use cases other languages can't even
dream of (type-checked SQL generation, etc). It's bringing a gun to a
knife fight. :-D


T

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