When will D get this feature?

[David Wilson]

2008/10/7 Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org>:
>>>
>>> Erm, it is defined.  See "escape strings" here:
>>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/lex.html
>>
>> Oh I see.
>
> In wake of the recent comments on q{string}, I have the feeling this is a
> mistake of the same proportion as q{string}. It essentially hijacks "\" for
> pretty much all uses (lambdas were an idea) for the sake of a feature that
> is gratuitous and useless.

Agreed. Also, it encourages certain developers of a certain
alternative standard library / runtime to write things like "Hello,
world!"\n which just looks like ass to me. :P  Little 'cool' features
like this can contribute to strange compile errors, or even
potentially the hiding of real bugs (but don't press me for an example
in this specific case)


David