On Monday, 14 January 2019 at 14:59:03 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
On Monday, 14 January 2019 at 10:06:48 UTC, Mike Franklin wrote:
On Monday, 14 January 2019 at 05:31:27 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
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I think D's structs are a sufficient object system for such a
focal point. With design by introspection, `alias`,
templates, `alias this`, `static if`, CTFE, mixins, and a few
new D features, classes would be unnecessary. Rust and Zig
are pretty good examples of this.
D's implementation could even be improved to keep its runtime,
yet still allow D to be used as I'm suggesting, without
introducing any breakage for anyone. I made some significant
progress in that direction when I was working on the compiler
in the 2017~2018 timeframe, but my abilities ultimately fell
short, and I couldn't see a way forward without support.
Mike
Killing classes will kill my interest and investment in D.
Alex.
He's not saying "kill classes in D", he's saying an OOP system in
D could be implemented from primitives and classes don't need to
be a language feature, similar to CLOS in Common Lisp.
