On 11/9/2011 6:46 AM, Daniel Murphy wrote:
But, as it is a breaking change (very slightly), and a
special case, I doubt this will ever happen unless Walter loves the idea.
Walter?
Sorry, I don't love the idea. I dislike it for its inconsistency with the rest
of the language. The trend in programming languages and operating systems has,
for a long time, been towards case sensitivity.
BTW, the correct way to write version sensitive code is:
version (linux)
{
...
}
else version (OSX)
{
...
}
else
static assert(0, "unsupported OS version");
Otherwise, it's miserable to find and tweak all the version sensitive code in
your codebase. Here's a WRONG WRONG WRONG way:
version (linux)
{
...
}
else /* Windows */
{
...
}
Looks stupid, but I tend to often see stuff like this in C, C++ and D source
code. Even in my own. This is also why there's no ! for versions:
version (!linux)
{
...
}
Aaaaggghhhh. I'm pretty fed up with seeing that crap in C code. And if you see
any of it in dmd or phobos sources, please file a bugzilla report! Show no mercy.
