On Friday, 10 January 2014 at 01:26:50 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
I thought it still is?
Yeah, mostly, though sometimes the disambiguation leaks the other
details (for example replace() sometimes has a name conflict, so
you need to explicitly import it or use a full name to
disambiguate).
But this is primarily a documentation problem rather than a code
one.
Some code differences from the old days:
* before: converting to and from string was in std.string.
Functions like toInt, toString, etc. Nowadays, this is all done
with std.conv.to. The new way is way cool, but a newbie's first
place to look might be for std.string.toString rather than
std.conv.to!string.
* before: some char type stuff was in std.string (and the rest in
std.ctype IIRC). Now, it is in std.ascii and std.uni.
* before: the signatures were char[] foo(char[]). Nowadays, it is
S foo(S)(S s) if(isSomeString!S)... so much wordier! Better
functionality, but omg it can be a pain to read and surely
intimidating for newbs.
I think things are generally improved as for functionality and
consistency, but the docs are more debatable.
