D is our last hope

[Paolo Invernizzi]

On Wednesday, 20 December 2023 at 11:19:55 UTC, duckchess wrote:
> On Wednesday, 20 December 2023 at 07:47:12 UTC, Walter Bright 
> wrote:
>> On 12/19/2023 6:33 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>> I said you were arguing against the examples, which were in 
>>> the DIP. Not the specification which also was in the DIP. 
>>> Examples are examples, not specification. They *use* the 
>>> feature to demonstrate its utility. They aren't intended to 
>>> be part of the language additions.
>>
>> I used the examples to demonstrate problems with the 
>> specification. I used the examples in the DIP so I would not 
>> be accused of making up strawmen. I assumed the examples were 
>> supposed to conform to the specification.
>
> no, you took the examples while completely misunderstanding 
> what the specification actually said, and then argued a 
> strawman with those examples.
> that's why you are now told to "just look at the 
> implementation", because you cannot misunderstand that one.
>
> if you insist on a specification, ask the D language foundation 
> to pay someone to write one.

It can also be funny!

I would say: just directly try-out to code some more example, and 
see out it behave, when you are in doubt about the specification 
or if you think there's some ambiguity in it.

Everything is perfectible of course!

/P