Operator overloading and loop fusion

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Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I wanted to discuss operator overloading a little bit. A good starting
> point is Don's proposal
> 
> http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?LanguageDevel/DIPs/DIP7
> 

Just read it and I hate it.

Nobody is smart enough to think of all the possible uses for operator
overloading and make a decision as to whether they are valid or worth while.

D's fucktarded ('scuse me, but it really sucks) operator overloading is
the *one* and only respect where C++ still rules D.

Just because you (for certain values of you) deal with numbers doesn't
make the relationship between <, > >= etc cast in stone and semi quoting
an early paper by 'Bjarne Stroustrup' doesn't give any credence to the
argument; he was wrong then and so is Don now.

(and btw, does Bjarne still feel operator abuse is a bad idea?)

boost::spirit and boost::Xpressive are 2 for instances, which make
incredibly good use of operator abuse to achieve seriously useful
functionality.

I think the main problem is calling these functions 'operators'.

Rather step back and call them 'infix function notation'.
Stop imagining the objects they operate on as numbers and then you can
do some really funky things.

D needs more operators not less and operators defined globally;
so I can finish porting boost::spirit properly.

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