named arguments, string interpolation, please stop.

[Paolo Invernizzi]

On Thursday, 11 January 2024 at 13:09:56 UTC, FeepingCreature 
wrote:
> On Thursday, 11 January 2024 at 13:07:52 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
>> There is nothing features like string interpolations or named 
>> argument can bring to the table that could pay for the 
>> implementations problem of existing feature.
>
> FWIW: I anticipate named arguments significantly improving our 
> code. Large parts of boilerplate's generated builders exist 
> only due to D's lack of native named arguments.

+1, same here for named arguments.
I will leave to Theo the the reply about syntax highlighting 
[Joking :-)]

I sympathise with your  opinion, but it seems to me that one 
thing does not exclude polishing the harsh points of the language 
that you listed. BUT, polishing hard point involve  long term 
contributors, and we are going back to the "mother of all the 
problems".

I would add also that I've the impression that the IDE tooling 
quality improved al lot since years ago, and it's gaining more 
attention lately, web-freak is doing a great job, and Prajwal is 
working on dfmt.

/P