Andrei Alexandrescu, el 31 de marzo a las 17:55 me escribiste: > >But in Python or ML, no question. I'd happily write a function that > >returns (2, 4.2) without giving it much thought. Now perhaps cogent > >arguments like "blech" and "belch" can convince me that I should > >embrace the Tuple!(int,float) and use it everywhere, just like I'd use > >tuples in Python and ML, but so far I'm not convinced. > >To me it seems to be in the same league as int[] vs std::vector<int>. > >int[] -- great I'll happily use that everywhere. std::vector<int> > >kind of a pain, use begrudgingly as needed. > > Well I think a language can only have so many built-in types. We can't > go on forever.
You don't have to. There are very few types that are extremely useful to build up things having a good syntax. I think Python got this right: tuples, lists, hashes. That's all you need as first class citizens (speaking of "containers"). I think D is only missing tuples (dynamic arrays works just fine as lists in D). -- Leandro Lucarella (luca) | Blog colectivo: http://www.mazziblog.com.ar/blog/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GPG Key: 5F5A8D05 (F8CD F9A7 BF00 5431 4145 104C 949E BFB6 5F5A 8D05) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Muppet show was banned from TV in Saudi Arabia Because one of its stars was a pig
