On Friday, 3 July 2026 at 08:58:48 UTC, Nick Treleaven wrote:
Where is the documentation on these deprecated ifloat and
cfloat types please?
AFAICT there wasn't really much in the spec, though I have
found this article comparing support to C++'s `complex` library
type:
https://digitalmars.com/d/1.0/cppcomplex.html
`ifloat` should work the same as a `float`, except it's a
different type which doesn't implicitly convert.
One difference is that `*=` with an imaginary (or complex) type
on the right-hand side is not allowed:
```d
import std.stdio;
void main()
{
ifloat i = 1i;
i *= 2; // OK
i.writeln; // 2i
(i * i).writeln; // -4
i *= i; // error
}
```
ifloat.d(6): Error: `ifloat *= ifloat` is an undefined operation
Also Don made an argument why imaginary types are not needed in D:
https://forum.dlang.org/post/[email protected]
(Thanks to Mike for thread link!)
