Lutger: > If you have a dynamic language you have a different way of programming. In D > when I make a typo, the compiler catches it. When I do the same in Ruby, I > have a unit test that spits out a method missing exception with a trace. > Suppose D doesn't catch my typo and then my application crashes at runtime > without such a trace, that will be a nightmare.
This is a complex and long debated topic. In my D programs I put almost as many unittests as I put in Python programs, because experience shows me the type system of D doesn't catch that many bugs. The result seems strong enough D programs. While I debug I use the 'Phobos hack' to add something like those traces to D (I don't understand why such feature isn't built-in yet, it's essential when I debug D programs). Bye, bearophile
