Bool {post,pre}{inc,dec}-operators

[Jeremy]

In article <du5fi2$28c7$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, Kyle Furlong says...
>
>Jeremy wrote:
>> In article <du4sp7$1e50$2 at digitaldaemon.com>, Kyle Furlong says...
>>> Jeremy wrote:
>>>> In article <du2qrk$61u$2 at digitaldaemon.com>, Kyle Furlong says...
>>>>> Oskar Linde wrote:
>>>>>> bool a = 0;
>>>>>> --a;
>>>>>> assert(a == false || a == true); // FAILS(!) (a is set to 255)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> bool t = true;
>>>>>> bool b = t+t;
>>>>>> assert(b == true); //OK
>>>>>> bool c = 0;
>>>>>> c++;
>>>>>> c++;
>>>>>> assert(c == true || c == false); // FAILS
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> bool d = 0;
>>>>>> d += 2;
>>>>>> assert(d == true || d == false); // OK
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Oskar
>> 
>>>>> This makes me sick to my stomach. I thought D was a beautiful language, but now I dont know.
>>>> bools were *just* added... I'm sure Walter will fix these things -- don't go
>>>> degrading the entire language because a brand new feature in a beta release is
>>>> buggy. Keep up the good work... anyway, how often do you get to yell directly to
>>>> the language's creator to get it made just the way you want it? :-D
>>>>
>>>> - Jeremy
>>> Here's the thing though: Even if I and others yell and scream and tear our hair out, Walter will implement it how he wants 
>>> anyways. And yes, I sill think D is the best language around. (D the Language, not D the Framework)
>> 
>> Hrm.. I'm rather a D newbie :-D but it seems to be just what I want (given some
>> time for things to become stable anyway). SO, I don't know how stubborn he is
>> (or not) -- but this bool thing seems pretty crazy to leave as-is.. I couldn't
>> imagine Walter not fixing this.
>> 
>> What's the difference between the language / framework..? Framework being the
>> phobos library?
>> 
>> Jeremy
>
>The D language is a specification for a high level programming language. The D Framework is the compilers, debuggers, IDE's, and 
>command line tools, libraries, or lack there of, which help with writing, building, debugging, and maintaining programs written 
>in the D language.
>
>IMHO, the D language is a beautiful thing, however the D framework is very much lacking as compared to Java, .NET, even C++.

It is lacking... but this is mainly because it is so new, and that the language
isn't very stable yet. Once a good IDE comes out for both Windows and Linux
(LEDs port to Windows please?) and the compiler reaches a v1.0 state (with
bool's fixed) -- I believe things will pick up. I also hope library support
picks up, integrate DDL to help that out into the standard?

Jeremy