[Issue 689] New: Clean up the spec printfs! :)

[Stewart Gordon]

d-bugmail at puremagic.com wrote:
<snip>
> We got another newcomer asking about how to successfully print things with
> printf() on the newsgroups again.  Being an avid anti-printf crusader, I
> decided to see how often printf really appeared in the specs.
> 
> I found a veritable _hornet's nest_ of heresy.
> 
> In an attempt to spread the True Way of D (writef[ln]), I hope that these vile
> creatures will be exiled from our fair kingdom for good.  
<snip>

Indeed.  They are making D look bad.  There'll be newbies not only 
trying to figure how to get it to work, but also thinking "Oh h**l, D 
hasn't even replaced the printf abomination", when it isn't even true.

This should be made to block issue 677 when d.puremagic.com comes back 
to life.

Stewart.