Source code annotations alla Java

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:47:28 -0500, Justin Johansson <jj at nospam.com> wrote:

> Not long ago the Java Language people introduced the idea of annotations  
> together with an annotation processing tool (apt).
>
> Now perhaps the idea of source code annotations is not actually a Java  
> invention per se, however for someone learning D is there any equivalent  
> idiom [of Java annotations] in the D language?

Haven't used Java since they added annotations, but I think they are like  
C# attributes?

In any case, D has an annotation syntax like:

@property

But I think at the moment, annotations have no custom ability.  Only  
compiler-defined annotations are allowed.  This may change in the future,  
but probably not short-term.  FWIW, I think we need a much richer  
runtime-reflection capability before we can use custom annotations to any  
great effect.

-Steve