shouting versus dotting

[KennyTM~]

Lionello Lunesu wrote:
> Michel Fortin wrote:
>> On 2008-10-05 01:14:17 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu 
>> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> said:
>>
>>> I don't favor "." any more than the next guy, but I am glad there is 
>>> awareness of how unfit a choice "!" is. If you have any ideas, please 
>>> post them! Ah! I! Exclaimed! Again!
>>
>> Hum, I don't think we have much choice, it'll have to be something in 
>> this lot:
>>
>>     Positive!(real)(joke);
>>     Positive.(real)(joke);
>>     Positive#(real)(joke);
>>     Positive@(real)(joke);
>>     Positive&(real)(joke);
>>     Positive`(real)(joke);
>>     Positive´(real)(joke);
>>     Positive^(real)(joke);
>>     Positive¨(real)(joke);
>>     Positive\(real)(joke);
> 
> Positive$(real)(joke);
> 
> Does D have a use for # at the moment? I'm surprised it wasn't used for 
> array length instead of $.
> 
> L.

Yes. #line.

I think $ makes sense because in RegExp $ matches the end of string (or 
end of line).