On 12/22/20 6:35 AM, ag0aep6g wrote: > Flip the pointer syntax, too: > > *Foo a; /* a pointer to a Foo */
I am not a language expert but I think that would make D's parsing complicated (like C++'s < token) because * already means "derefence" in that position. So, the parser would see *Foo as a potential compilation error but would have to parse forward, etc.
> [4]Foo b; /* an array of four Foos */ [4] already has a meaning. ;) > [][4]Foo c; /* a dynamic array of arrays of four Foos each */ I've just learned that the type of [] is void[]. Huh... > But now we're no longer C-like, I guess.x Ali
