Code speed

[Lars T. Kyllingstad]

Don wrote:
> bearophile wrote:
>> So far I've just given a light reading of the code. Notes:
> 
>> - pow(x, 2) and sqrt(y) can be written as x ^^ 2 and y ^^ 0.5 (but you 
>> have to import std.math anyway, because of a bug).
> 
> That's not a bug. It's intentional. x ^^ y will probably always require 
> import std.math, if y is a floating point number.

Really?  Why is that?  I find that kind of disappointing, I always 
believed it to be a temporary solution.

I think the inconsistency with the other operators will make this a 
major WTF for people new to the language.  Why should a^^b require an 
explicit import while a*b doesn't?

If the language made it possible to overload operators using free 
functions, I wouldn't mind if opBinary!"^^"(float, float) was 
implemented in std.math.  The way it is now, it's a halfway built-in, 
halfway library feature, and just seems halfway altogether.

-Lars