On Sunday, 2 June 2019 at 16:39:57 UTC, Rnd wrote:
Is it not possible in the language to have template map
function also to called as map(x=>... ?
This will reduce complexity which will attract more people to
this language.
Easy languages have great mass appeal as has been shown with
Ruby and Python.
It's possible, but I believe the version that takes the function
as a template argument is easier for the compiler to optimize, so
doing it that way is a better choice for the standard library.
Reducing complexity for first-time learners is a noble goal, but
templates are used so pervasively in D that there's really no
sense in trying to avoid them. If you'd like to learn more about
D's templates, Philippe Sigaud has written an excellent tutorial:
https://github.com/PhilippeSigaud/D-templates-tutorial/blob/master/D-templates-tutorial.md
