A Perspective on D from game industry

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On Tuesday, 17 June 2014 at 19:24:54 UTC, H. S. Teoh via 
Digitalmars-d wrote:
> You can also compile a string mixin to detect if it uses 
> deprecated features, no?

Not if it depends on configuration.

> Also, detecting AST node presence is unreliable. What if it's 
> needed for
> compatibility with older compilers?
>
> 	static if (__VERSION__ < 2064L)
> 		useDeprecatedFeature();
> 	else
> 		useNewFeatureNotIn2064();

I don't think that should be legal, that is macro-like. The 
syntax should follow the language spec through and through.

> In any case, they're relatively rarely used, so I don't see 
> them as the
> big problem that you seem to consider them to be.

They are a big problem for gofix/dfix.

I don't like them and I don't use them, so they are not a problem 
for me… but like "pure", it is a feature that counts against the 
language design.