Problem with integral promotions

[Random D user via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 22 July 2017 at 10:44:04 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> 1. Fix it so it matches C, as has been generally promised. 
> Fixing it will break existing code such as:

If D was my language I'd fix it, since it's a bug.

D's fluidity and effortlessness comes from a lot of small 
compounding convenience features.
The converse is true as well. A lot of small annoyances 
accumulate into frustration.