On Wednesday, May 01, 2013 00:36:43 Brian Schott wrote: > It complicates the grammar and doesn't fit with D's style of > declaraing variables. (type then identifier) I realize that it > was left in to make C programmers happy, but it doesn't even work > like it does in C: > > int a[10]; > int b[10], b[10]; > int[10] c, d; > int e[string]; > int f[string], g[string]; > > test.d(2): Error: multiple declarations must have the same type, > not int[10] and int[10] > test.d(5): Error: multiple declarations must have the same type, > not int[string] and int[string]
I think that deprecating the C-style syntax has been considered in the past, but I don't know what Andrei or Walter's stance on it is. I don't think that it adds much value though beyond making it slightly easier to port code from C to D, and I'm all for removing it. Most D programmers are probably using the D syntax anyway. - Jonathan M Davis
