Re: Why do some attributes have an @ symbol and others don't?

[Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Saturday, 15 September 2018 at 12:40:07 UTC, Gary Willoughby 
wrote:

Is it just a legacy thing?


Yeah, basically the ones that date back to before the @ thing 
don't have it, and the ones after it do.

Why do some attributes have an @ symbol and others don't?

[Gary Willoughby via Digitalmars-d-learn]

Why do some attributes have an @ symbol and others don't?

I thought it might be because some are used as keywords for other 
things but then 'pure' doesn't follow that rule. Any ideas? Is it 
just a legacy thing?