On Monday, 6 June 2022 at 00:19:16 UTC, zjh wrote:
On Sunday, 5 June 2022 at 22:41:41 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
Because it's fun to be first!
Yes, `'d'` is always independent.
For example, `'d'` is the `first one` without `class
encapsulation`.
To be fair, the encapsulation of a class can be encapsulated
within a module, but not in a class (as one might reasonably
expect, if they come from any other main stream language that
uses a class type).
This implies (to me at least) that D does not consider a class to
be a real type, like other main stream languages do.
Some new languages have even gone out of there way to get rid of
the class type completely! At least D hasn't gone that far.. yet.
I suspect there are many in the D community that would welcome
that ;-)
Even an int type gets better recognition 'as a type', in D.
But yes, as far as i know, D is the first to do this - i.e. turn
the class into a pseudo type, that cannot have encapsulation
unless it is put into a super type (the module), all by its self
(with no friends).
@private could change that.
D could be the first indeed, for turning a pseudo class type,
back into an first class type.
C'mon D. Be the first!
