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> 1. Please bring concrete cases of apps that do not work well because of 
> toString and would work fine just by replacing it with writeTo.

writeln is already slow. To print quickly numerical genomic data in D I have 
had to use printf in some situations. 


> 4. If you want another default and builtin tool, why not have both?

Because having two ways to do something makes the language more complex.


> But, yes, you are right and we all have been wrong for 20 years: toString is 
> junk. Thank you for this sudden enlightenment.

Progress happens :-)

Bye,
bearophile

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