Simplify some C-style code

[monkyyy]

On Sunday, 29 December 2024 at 15:15:28 UTC, Andy Valencia wrote:
> On Saturday, 28 December 2024 at 23:23:02 UTC, monkyyy wrote:
>> The spec would need to drastically improve before my opinion 
>> changes; Im also uninterested practicing withholding my 
>> opinions.
>>
>> There are many many ancient bugs, that you need to inherent 
>> implicit knowledge to navigate, either those a) should 
>> actually be fixed or b) the spec should make such knowledge 
>> explicit
>
> On the other hand, I'd characterize the language as very nicely 
> designed,

Where that is true, I doubt the spec was involved. The spec 
bullet points look like compiler peusdo code or formalizing 
wontfix bugs while burying the lead.

> Just recently a submitted a bug on Phobos, which was quickly 
> and kindly narrowed down to something else (changed ldc2 
> default).
> I hope you can find a way to get the flaws you've found 
> incorporated.

At this point if I found a bug I needed fixed id complain to adr, 
and even then I assume ill find a bug with templates once a week 
after leaving the garden path.