debug a reserved keyword (even for enums?)

[Kapendev]

On Sunday, 12 April 2026 at 07:27:21 UTC, libxmoc wrote:
> Same with JSON from some external service that uses `version`. 
> Or a database column named `debug`. You are now fighting every 
> data format, config file, and third party API that happens to 
> use a D keyword.
>
> I hit this with a CSS parser, `align` is everywhere in CSS. I 
> hit it with a package manager, `version` is in every manifest. 
> Every time it's "oh, just work around it"
>antl
> But these workarounds satck up. They leak into serialization 
> logic, binding generators, ORMs etc..
>
>
> People work around this mess constantly, it's friction. And 
> every time someone proposes a new feature, the first question 
> is "what keyword can we use that won't break the world?" That's 
> backwards.
>
> Other languages solved this.

I get it can be annoying, but we have to keep in mind what D is 
right now. Other languages can do things differently because they 
have a different base to work on. D has a base similar to C in 
terms of keywords. It's that kind of language. I don't think it's 
that weird to say that you need to find a different solution in 
language X, Y and Z.

> Think different - Aristotle