On 05/30/2016 04:35 PM, Seb wrote:
That's a great idea - the compiler should also issue deprecation
warnings when I try to do things like:
string a = "你好";
a[1]; // deprecation: direct access to a Unicode string is highly
error-prone. Please specify the type of access. More details (shortlink)
a[1] = "b"; // deprecation: direct index assignment to a Unicode string
is ...
a.length; // deprecation: a Unicode string has multiple definitions of
length. Please specify your iteration (...). More details (shortlink)
...
Btw should a[] be an alias for `byCodeUnit` or also trigger a warning?
All this is only sensible when we move to a dedicated string type that's
not just an alias of `immutable(char)[]`.
`immutable(char)[]` explicitly is an array of code units. It would not
be acceptable, in my opinion, if the normal array syntax got broken for it.
