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Reply to bearophile,

> 3c) This is a bug that Python avoids, because it doesn't use { } to
> define blocks. In D leading spaces are ignored but they can be used by
> the compiler to spot this situation and maybe it can issue a warning:
> 
> if (...)
>   first();
> else
>   printf("Calling second()");
>   second();

leave that to some sort of "Lint for D"

> 4) Every language feature adds complexity to the compiler, makes the
> language manual longer, requires programmers to remember more things,
> etc. So every language feature has to be kept only if enough people
> use it, without a good way to replace it, etc. I like D real type, but
> so far I have't found a situation where double can't solve my problem.
> So who of you is using the real type? If there isn't enough people
> using it then it may be removed from the D specs.
> 

I only use real. On most, if not all, systems it's just as fast as double 
(OK it needs more IO time but...) so why not use it?

> Bye and thank you,
> bearophile