On Friday, 13 November 2015 at 01:19:22 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
On 11/12/2015 08:18 PM, Xinok wrote:
The following code compiles and runs:
import std.stdio, std.random;
void main()
{
writeln(rndGen);
}
Since rndGen is an infinite range, this code runs forever. It
seems to
be that we need to add a check for isInfinite on writeln and
other
related functions.
Does anybody have a use case where this is actually practical?
I don't
see a reason for allowing infinite ranges here, considering
how easy it
is to write "range.take(n)".
Piping a program that produces infinite output into less is
practical. -- Andrei
Fair enough. I'm thinking more on the side of safety though and I
assume that, more often than not, printing an infinite range is
unintentional. Should it be this easy to shoot ourselves in the
foot? I'm not saying it should be impossible, but just make it
explicit that we intended to print an infinite range.
