Actually, all of this discussion has made me think that having a
compiler flag to change FP values to zero as default would be a
good idea.
Basically my opinion is largely influenced by a couple things.
That is:
- I believe a lot of good programmers are used to using zero for
default. Winning them over is a good thing for everyone here. I'm
not trying to blow this issue out of proportion, I understand
this isn't all that big a deal, but papercuts do count.
- My major project in D is a game engine. I want D to not only be
used for the engine, but also to serve as the "scripting"
language as well. Thus, I want D knowledge prerequisite to be as
low as possible. I still think that 0 should be used as default
in D, however, I'd be more than happy to have a compiler flag for
this as well.
I've been wanting to try and contribute to D for awhile now. I've
looked through the source; haven't coded in C++ in a long time,
and never professionally, but I should be able to tackle
something like adding a compiler flag to default FP variables to
zero. If I write the code, would anyone object to having a flag
for this?
