On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 14:06:31 -0400, Namespace <rswhi...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tuesday, 2 June 2015 at 17:22:07 UTC, Marc Schütz wrote:
On Tuesday, 2 June 2015 at 16:02:56 UTC, Namespace wrote:
Thanks to DIP 25 I think it's time to review this again. I would
implement it (if no one else wants to do it), but there are still some
unanswered questions:
1. Is 'auto ref' still the chosen syntax (I guess so)?
Why not `scope ref` (or `in ref` == `const scope ref`)?
See DIP 36
I'm feeling like a bit of a troll here, but I can't help myself.
'in' is currently useless because scope is not defined properly, and const
is too restrictive. Also, because of DIP25, it's now even more useless. It
seems a pretty sure bet that it will either continue to be completely
useless or be changed at some point anyways, so why not now? If it's only
been around since 2.060, how bad could the code breakage really be?
Replace All a few times and you're done. A compiler warning could be
issued for the next few versions to notify users that the meaning of 'in'
has changed, if needed.
So why not re-brand this awesomely concise and convenient keyword to be
the "non-template auto ref"?
Bit
