D Language Foundation November 2025 Monthly Meeting Summary

[jmh530]

On Monday, 27 April 2026 at 14:55:06 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> The D Language Foundation's November 2025 monthly meeting took 
> place on Friday the 14th and lasted about an hour and 
> thirty-five minutes. I was unable to attend, so Razvan ran the 
> meeting and Dennis recorded it.
> [snip]
>
>
> Walter said making `this` explicit could also eliminate the 
> need for the `static` keyword on member functions. If a member 
> function didn't take an explicit `this`, then it would 
> effectively be static. Steve pointed out that this would affect 
> existing code that assumed an implicit `this` parameter without 
> the `static` keyword. Átila said that would have to be handled 
> in an edition. Walter said they should implement it fairly soon 
> as an option, giving people a long adaptation period before 
> even thinking about making it required.
>[snip]

Would it be possible to make `this` optionally explicit? That way 
you don't break code?