What is the point of D_Version2

[Witold Baryluk]

Dnia Sun, 2 Sep 2007 22:50:32 +1000
Derek Parnell <derek at psych.ward> napisał/a:

> Okay, I just don't get it.
> 
> This code below doesn't compile in V1 dmd.
> 
> version(D_Version2)
> {
>     alias const(wchar)[] wstring;
>     alias const(dchar)[] dstring;
> }
> else
> {
>     alias char[] string;
>     alias wchar[] wstring;
>     alias dchar[] dstring;
> }
> 
> 
> I can understand why - because the first two alias declarations have
> invalid V1 syntax - but doesn't that make the whole D_Version2 thing
> pointless?

Unfortunetly this is correct behavior.
Even when D_Version2 is undefined, anything which is inside must be
syntacticly correct. const(wchar) is incorrect for D1.

:/
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