DMD 1.019 and 2.003 releases

[Bruno Medeiros]

Walter Bright wrote:
> The problem with explicit casts is that they are a brute force method, 
> and subvert static type checking. A well designed systems allows a 
> balance between implicit casting and strong type checking so that 
> explicit casts are rarely needed in properly written programs.

I agree, but on a side note, shouldn't D's cast() operator be used 
exclusively to subvert *static* type checking?
(Since currently it's also used to check the runtime type of class, 
instead of a separate construct like Java's 'instanceof', C#'s 'is', or 
C++'s 'dynamic_cast')

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Bruno Medeiros - MSc in CS/E student
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