-> and :: operators

[Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d]

On 10/09/2015 05:19 AM, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
 > On Friday, 9 October 2015 at 04:15:42 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
 >> Go feature where you just type a dot after a pointer and the language
 >> is so great that it works! You don't need to type (*p).member. Isn't
 >> Go awesome!
 >>
 >> I responded "yep, it's a great feature and those gostards will never
 >> admit that they took that feature from D." (There is probably earlier
 >> precedence but it felt great to say it to my friend. :) )
 >
 > Just about all higher languages does this, since the reference type does
 > not have members. Simula too.
 >
 > But this unfortunately breaks down when you add smart-pointers, which
 > makes this approach unsound since pointer-type members collide with
 > object members.

Yeah... Type properties is another example for D: .sizeof and .alignof 
are not propagated to the pointee and .stringof is not propagated to the 
type of the pointee.

Similarly, for class references, one must remember to use 
__traits(classInstanceSize) and std.traits.classInstanceAlignment. (Yes, 
I notice the inconsistency. ;) )

Ali