Is there ANY chance we can fix the bitwise operator precedence rules?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 06/21/2010 03:08 PM, Don wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 06/19/2010 06:58 AM, Don wrote:
>>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>> Don wrote:
>>>> [snip]
>>>>> Or is too late to break backwards compatibility with B ?
>>>>
>>>> We can and should do it. It won't impact TDPL adversely.
>>>
>>> Excellent! I'll make a patch for it when I have time.
>>
>> Walter just gave the green light, so Don - it's up to you.
>
> I patched my DMD. Quite successful. It caught 8 bugs in Phobos, in code
> written by at least 4 different people. I think everyone gets stung by
> that B.

This is pretty amazing. Can't wait to see the checkin!

It might be interesting to see how many bugs are caught by restricting 
the switch statement.


Andrei