On Tuesday, 21 July 2015 at 08:00:40 UTC, Daniel N wrote:
On Tuesday, 21 July 2015 at 06:49:10 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
Come on, all people that got into this know how newcomer react
to the Tuple name noticed the same reaction.
No, that highly depends on the background of the newcomer,
everyone I introduced D to , only found it confusing that it
was named Type*.
Type* = A construct that powerful it can contain Type:s as well?
Whereas the intuitive meaning would be:
Type* = A construct that is limited to Type:s only.
Yes, that is very true. The "Type" part of the old name was
confusing.
Before this thread I didn't realize newcomers found the Tuple
part confusing, I know that's the case now, but after viewing
the poll, it seems to be a minority. But then again, how many
newcomers would find Seq confusing, we will never know.
Experience show that the tuple part of the old name was confusing
as well.
The poll was not answered by newcomers but by users of this
forum. Most of them are experienced D users and already know what
to expect from the construct.
