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

[Andre Pany]

On Wednesday, 5 February 2020 at 11:51:00 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> 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

Exactly my opinion. I also vote -1 and hope we can get instead 
the proposal from Adam / Steven.

Kind regards
Andre