On Thursday, 24 June 2021 at 02:33:42 UTC, someone wrote:
On Thursday, 24 June 2021 at 01:36:47 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
import std.algorithm;
lnumRange.sort!(r"a > b"c);
return lnumRange;
The above works OK. Funny thing indeed, at least to me, totally
unexpected.
```d
return lnumRange.sort!(r"a > b"c); /// does not work
return lnumRange.sort!(r"a > b"c).release(); /// works
```
Intuitive ? Not a bit LoL ! (not complaining at all, just
making fun of it)
Most languages have either a void sort that mutates, or a
non-mutating
sort that returns the new array. This is true also of similar
languages: C++, Nim, and Rust all void mutate.
So the more experience you have with other languages, probably the
more surprised you'll be by D's sort. This comes up in a few
places
with D, like the rest of range support in phobos, or dynamic
arrays.
- a thing seems to be a familiar feature
- surprise! it's different in an important way
- (period of grumbling)
- ok, it's useful that it's like this
