User defined attributes use

[Artur Skawina]

On 09/16/13 22:38, Namespace wrote:
>> [1] Obviously, not a practical short term option for the existing D2 language.
>>     That's probably clear from the context, and the question was meant to be
>>     rhetorical -- but it could actually be done and would make sense; it's just
>>     not a change that would make enough of a difference on its own; the cost
>>     would be to high.
> 
> Why to high? Too much compiler magic or dmd internal dependences?

Too much (language) change for too little gain; there are many, many
much more important things that need to be fixed. Being able to have
several user-defined kinds of arrays is a nice-to-have feature, but not
one that determines whether the language is usable or not.

artur