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On Tuesday, 9 April 2013 at 10:24:45 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 04/09/2013 10:33 AM, Manu wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> How can 'weak pure' reasonably be called any kind of 'pure'? 
>> It's not
>> pure at all. The function returns a completely different 
>> result when
>> called twice. That's the definition of not-pure.
>
> (Actually this is not the definition of impure.)
>
> In D, 'pure' forbids reading or writing of mutable static 
> variables.
>
>> I suggest that no D language newbie would ever reasonably 
>> expect that
>> behaviour.
>
> Sure. Many keyword choices in D are unhelpful for newbies, or 
> technically wrong.
>
> enum   -> const
> catch  -> handle
> do     -> repeat
> for    -> (no suggestion)
> const  -> readonly
> inout  -> (no suggestion)
> lazy   -> byname
> pure   -> (no suggestion)
> static -> (no suggestion)
> struct -> (no suggestion)
> throw  -> raise / signal
> union  -> (no suggestion)

for -> loop?