On 9/12/13 9:53 AM, bearophile wrote:
But there is a another situation, when you don't have much new code
written. You have just written 5-15 lines of templated code, and you
have not yet written unittests on it (I write lot of unittests, but
usually after writing the code), at this early stage I think it's useful
to have a D compiler that performs simple analysis of the template code,
to catch the simple mistakes very quickly. This helps me focus on the
less obvious errors, and then I can write the unittests to catch the
semantic mistakes of the code.
So I think this feature is not useful the seasoned code you seem to
refer to; it's useful to catch as soon as possible silly mistakes inside
just written templated code, that allows the programmer to focus on the
less obvious bugs and on writing the unittests with high coverage.
I don't buy this. All that work for a fleeting moment. Reminds me of
that comedic bit - hands-free sanitizer dispensers are for the fraction
of a second between your hand pushing on the button and your hand
getting cleaned.
Andrei
