Associative arrays

[Ola Fosheim Grostad]

On Tuesday, 18 May 2021 at 10:18:28 UTC, Chris Piker wrote:
> On Tuesday, 18 May 2021 at 09:41:06 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grostad 
> wrote:
>> It  could look the same, but long[string] would now be a 
>> shorthand for std.xyz.Map!(long,string) or something like that 
>> instead of a special case.
>
> Hum, that's unfortunate.
>
> Though it's a separate issue, I think this means that the error 
> messages generated by AA associated code would become neigh 
> unreadable, just like many error messages involving templates.

Error messages is not a language deficiency, that is an 
implementation priority. Completely unrelated. There is no reason 
for error messages to change.