Worst ideas/features in programming languages?

[Timon Gehr]

On 15.11.21 09:01, Arjan wrote:
> 
>> I started this:
>> https://github.com/tgehr/DIPs/blob/tuple-syntax/DIPs/DIP1xxx-tg.md
>> https://github.com/tgehr/dmd/commits/tuple-syntax
>>
>> Unfortunately, I was too busy at the time to finish the 
>> implementation, and I am not fully satisfied with the proposal. 
>> Probably I'd want to add at least static opIndex and static opSlice to 
>> it. Another issue is that it slightly expands `alias this` and I am 
>> not sure whether that's a direction Walter is willing to invest in at 
>> this point.
> 
> Just WOW.
> 
> What would be needed to get you working on this again?

Some reassurance that it won't be shot down for stupid reasons would go 
a long way. For `static foreach`, the desired semantics were clear to 
Walter and Andrei from the start and they really wanted that feature in 
DMD, so that the DIP process went pretty smoothly. I am not feeling any 
similar excitement for tuples, even though it's the most wanted feature 
among forum readers according to the state of D 2018 survey... I just 
don't have the time and energy required for week-long forum debates 
anymore.