[Issue 24805] New: The spec should not refer to default initialization as default construction when discussing disabling it

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Fri Oct 11 18:32:54 UTC 2024


https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24805

          Issue ID: 24805
           Summary: The spec should not refer to default initialization as
                    default construction when discussing disabling it
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: dlang.org
          Assignee: nobody at puremagic.com
          Reporter: issues.dlang at jmdavisProg.com

The language allows us to disable default initialization - e.g.

---
struct S
{
    int x;

    @disable this();

    this(int v) { x = v; }
}
---

and the https://dlang.org/spec/struct.html#disable_default_construction section
of the spec discusses this. However, it incorrectly talks about disabling
default construction instead of discussing disabling default initialization. As
default construction is not a thing with structs in D in the first place, the
terminology used in this part of the spec is just plain wrong and risks
confusing people. The spec should be updated to talk about disabling default
initialization instead.

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