Does D have too many features?

[SomeDude]

On Saturday, 28 April 2012 at 23:54:36 UTC, Peter Alexander wrote:
>
> It matters when you have things that imitate pointers (e.g. 
> smart pointers). Those will have their own members, separate 
> from the pointee's members, so ptr.foo could refer to the smart 
> pointer's members or the pointee's members.

So basically, for your very specific issue, you want to ditch a 
syntax that 99% of people actually prefer. I must say you are the 
very first person I see *anywhere* who actually complains about 
the . notation and would rather go back to ->.