dmd 1.046 and 2.031 releases

[Derek Parnell]

On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:59:54 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

> There's a lot of punctuation that has different 
> roles depending on the context. 

Agreed. No argument here. The meaning of punctuation depends on its
context. Got it.

However, that aside, the syntax you have chosen will have a rational
explanation for its superiority. So can you explain in simple terms why 

    CaseLabelInt .. CaseLabelInt  eg. case 1: .. case 9:

is superior than

    case CaseRange:  eg. case 1 .. 9:

given that
  CaseLabelInt ==> case IntegerExpression :
  CaseRange    ==> IntegerExpression .. IntegerExpression

> On the full side of the glass, with the latest dmd release, the language 
> has acquired some useful feature improvements and the implementation has 
> fixed many bugs.

Yes it truly has, and thank you very much to all contributors.

> Why the crankiness?

Because it is so demoralizing to point out 'warts' in D/DMD and be
subsequently dismissed as ungrateful plebeians who are wasting the time of
the patricians. Sorry, but you did ask.

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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
skype: derek.j.parnell