On Friday, 11 February 2022 at 10:06:32 UTC, bauss wrote:
Didn't Scott Meyers cover exactly this in his "the last thing
D needs" talk? It seems like a really bad idea.
Well D has already taken the piss on that talk a long time ago.
No offense to D overall, and I still love it.
Rumours that
On Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 23:21:50 UTC, Meta wrote:
On Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 20:34:29 UTC, Walter Bright
wrote:
On 2/10/2022 12:06 AM, Mathias LANG wrote:
I think an *immediate* improvement we could make to ease
people's life is to make `auto` peel the outermost qualifier
level
On Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 20:34:29 UTC, Walter Bright
wrote:
On 2/10/2022 12:06 AM, Mathias LANG wrote:
I think an *immediate* improvement we could make to ease
people's life is to make `auto` peel the outermost qualifier
level inside functions.
So that:
```D
const int* ptr;
auto p2 =
On Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 08:06:23 UTC, Mathias LANG wrote:
make `auto` peel the outermost qualifier level inside functions.
Shouldn't do that for class references. Otherwise seems fine.
On 2/10/2022 12:34 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
On 2/10/2022 12:06 AM, Mathias LANG wrote:
I think an *immediate* improvement we could make to ease people's life is to
make `auto` peel the outermost qualifier level inside functions.
So that:
```D
const int* ptr;
auto p2 = ptr;
static
On 2/10/2022 12:06 AM, Mathias LANG wrote:
I think an *immediate* improvement we could make to ease people's life is to
make `auto` peel the outermost qualifier level inside functions.
So that:
```D
const int* ptr;
auto p2 = ptr;
static assert(is(typeof(p2) == const(int)*));
```
I really
On Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 02:39:11 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
Yeah, that issue bugs me a little.
Ali
I think an *immediate* improvement we could make to ease people's
life is to make `auto` peel the outermost qualifier level inside
functions.
So that:
```D
const int* ptr;
auto p2 =
On 2/9/22 18:11, Meta wrote:
> Why do we even bother with `in` when we can do:
>
> alias In(T) = const scope T;
>
> void test(In!int n) {
> pragma(msg, typeof(n));
> }
>
> ?
>
> onlineapp.d(3): Deprecation: storage class `scope` has no effect in type
> aliases
> const(int)
>
> ...oh
I
Why do we even bother with `in` when we can do:
alias In(T) = const scope T;
void test(In!int n) {
pragma(msg, typeof(n));
}
?
onlineapp.d(3): Deprecation: storage class `scope` has no effect
in type aliases
const(int)
...oh
On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 10:28:15AM -0800, Ali Çehreli via
Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
[...]
> - const is a promise
>
> - immutable is a requirement
[...]
Strictly speaking, that's not really an accurate description. :-P A
more accurate description would be:
- const: I cannot modify the data
On 2/9/22 02:15, Anonymouse wrote:
On Saturday, 8 January 2022 at 02:07:10 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
2) The other noteworthy change in the book is my now-different stance
on variables: Now I recommend 'const' over 'immutable' for variables.
I'm curious, could you elaborate a bit on this? I
On Saturday, 8 January 2022 at 02:07:10 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
2) The other noteworthy change in the book is my now-different
stance on variables: Now I recommend 'const' over 'immutable'
for variables.
I'm curious, could you elaborate a bit on this? I skimmed through
the page on
On Thursday, 27 January 2022 at 15:30:02 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
On 1/8/22 05:23, Imperatorn wrote:
> [...]
wrote:
>> [...]
constructors:
>> [...]
http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/special_functions.html#ix_special_functions.copy%20constructor
[...]
Wonderful, thanks for your highly valuable
On 1/8/22 05:23, Imperatorn wrote:
> On Saturday, 8 January 2022 at 02:07:10 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>> 1) After about three years, I finally added copy constructors:
>>
>>
http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/special_functions.html#ix_special_functions.copy%20constructor
> Will the physical book also
On Thursday, 13 January 2022 at 09:21:46 UTC, Andrea Fontana
wrote:
On Saturday, 8 January 2022 at 13:23:52 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:
On Saturday, 8 January 2022 at 02:07:10 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
1) After about three years, I finally added copy constructors:
[...]
Will the physical book also
On Saturday, 8 January 2022 at 13:23:52 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:
On Saturday, 8 January 2022 at 02:07:10 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
1) After about three years, I finally added copy constructors:
http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/special_functions.html#ix_special_functions.copy%20constructor
[...]
On Saturday, 8 January 2022 at 16:24:03 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
On 1/8/22 5:49 AM, Stanislav Blinov wrote:
>> Of course, now I stress that postblit is discouraged.
>
> Bit early, methinks. Copy ctors aren't even fully supported
by the
> runtime yet.
Thanks. The spec discourages postblit as
On Saturday, 8 January 2022 at 16:24:03 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
On 1/8/22 5:49 AM, Stanislav Blinov wrote:
>> Of course, now I stress that postblit is discouraged.
>
> Bit early, methinks. Copy ctors aren't even fully supported
by the
> runtime yet.
Thanks. The spec discourages postblit as
On 1/8/22 5:49 AM, Stanislav Blinov wrote:
>> Of course, now I stress that postblit is discouraged.
>
> Bit early, methinks. Copy ctors aren't even fully supported by the
> runtime yet.
Thanks. The spec discourages postblit as well. What's the best of saying
it then? Something like "There are
On Saturday, 8 January 2022 at 02:07:10 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
1) After about three years, I finally added copy constructors:
http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/special_functions.html#ix_special_functions.copy%20constructor
[...]
Good to see you keep it up to date.
On Saturday, 8 January 2022 at 02:07:10 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
1) After about three years, I finally added copy constructors:
http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/special_functions.html#ix_special_functions.copy%20constructor
Of course, now I stress that postblit is discouraged.
Bit early, methinks.
On Saturday, 8 January 2022 at 02:07:10 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
1) After about three years, I finally added copy constructors:
http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/special_functions.html#ix_special_functions.copy%20constructor
[...]
Splendid!
Will the physical book also be updated?
Thanks!
On Saturday, 8 January 2022 at 02:07:10 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
1) After about three years, I finally added copy constructors:
http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/special_functions.html#ix_special_functions.copy%20constructor
[...]
Thank you very much for creating and maintaining such an amazing
1) After about three years, I finally added copy constructors:
http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/special_functions.html#ix_special_functions.copy%20constructor
Of course, now I stress that postblit is discouraged.
2) The other noteworthy change in the book is my now-different stance on
variables:
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