Operators overloading in D2

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Dan wrote:
> Hi All,
> So there's my questions
> Why D2 changed in this way the operators overloading?
> I saw the the compiler compiles both the functions, even considering this I assume it's not safe to use the old D1 way,
> right?

Because Walter got fed up with trying to come up with the bazillon
different names you need for all the operators.

Don't forget you need the array operators (eg  a[] += 5,
opArrayAddAssign?!) as well as the the slicing ops (eg a[0..5] += 5,
opSliceArrayAddAssign?!) which means doubling/trebling the number of old
style names. Just gets sucky.

And who knows how many other operators might wind up being needed.

I didn't like it at first glance either but I've changed my mind.

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