Lost a new commercial user this week :(

[Kiith-Sa via Digitalmars-d]

> Finally, contracts are overwhelming, and it's also a feature of 
> D that
> nobody has seen before. When someone new to D encounters a 
> contract in
> the docs, they no longer trust their ability to usefully 
> interpret the
> documentation, and almost certainly become confused; nobody 
> expects to
> see an 'if' statement in a function declaration.
> I think that's a shame. The contract usually has no impact on 
> using
> the function, or how it should be understood, is just applies 
> some
> limitations to it's genericity.
> I think contracts should be disconnected and listed separately, 
> as
> additional information, or with some subtext that makes it 
> obvious
> what that often confusing bit of text actually means.
>
> Ironically, the string and algorithm functions are probably the 
> worst
> offenders, but coincidentally, there is a high chance that 
> these are
> the first functions anyone will ever reach for, so they present 
> a
> terrible first impression.

I think you mean constraints, not contracts.