On Mon, 15 Aug 2011, Timon Gehr wrote: > On 08/15/2011 03:47 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:51:50 -0400, bearophile > > <bearophileh...@lycos.com> wrote: > > > > > Steven Schveighoffer: > > > > > > > > int main(in string[] args); > > > > > > > > What would be the purpose of this? > > > > > > Why do you use "in" in function arguments? To make sure you will not > > > modify the given array. I think it's not good practice to change the > > > length of the input strings of the main or replace it with another > > > dynamic array at runtime. > > > > int main(string[] _args) > > { > > const args = _args; // not modifiable copy > > } > > > > It's a very easy problem to solve, and it's not really worth changing > > the compiler for IMO. > > > > In other words, it's one of those "features" that's so trivial that it's > > not worth implementing. D cannot always be perfect, and I'd rather we > > spend more time on the meaty parts of the language. > > > > -Steve > > This is a place where D trivially could be perfect ;). I agree that this issue > has a very low priority. But it should be fixed eventually.
Only if there was actual uniformity in agreement on what perfect is. There isn't in this case.