Open Methods: From C++ to D

[Jean-Louis Leroy via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 30 August 2017 at 14:37:14 UTC, Arun Chandrasekaran 
wrote:
> On Wednesday, 30 August 2017 at 13:35:22 UTC, Jean-Louis Leroy 
> wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 30 August 2017 at 04:48:11 UTC, Arun What was 
>> your rationale for `openmethod` instead of just `method`?
>
> Just that `openmethod` precisely expresses it's intent and 
> `method` is too generic.

I sort of agree, and somewhat regret not picking 'openmethod'. I 
considered both. Also @specialize. If anyone had pushed for 
@openmethod before the article, I would almost certainly have 
given in.

My reasoning was, I hope to promote the term 'method' as the 
standard name for polymorphism from outside, as opposed to vfunc. 
We usually say "virtual functions", rarely "virtual member 
functions". Membership is implicit.