Pow Expressions - not worth the juice?

[monkyyy]

On Tuesday, 3 February 2026 at 17:50:12 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 2/3/2026 7:24 AM, user1234 wrote:
>> I must add: this brings the topic of defining global operator 
>> overloads as well. A very old topic in D NG.
>
> This feature is not in D because it leads to impenetrable code. 
> One terrifying example of this is overloading operators such 
> that what looks like ordinary code is actually a regular 
> expression machine.

No, it *enables* impenetrable code; `2^^3` is not impenetrable 
and as you see you instantly got 4 pages of backlash for 
suggesting its removal.

I hate when you break your own rules for your special cases; you 
needed to define an op overload via magic lib, but because your 
the compiler dev you let yourself do it. Do the opposite of what 
your getting backlash here for, *I want that tool*, that will 
bring consistency your looking for.