On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:07:46 -0700, Andrei Alexandrescu
<seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org> wrote:
>bearophile wrote:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu:
>>
>>> So we must add lists too.
>>
>> Notice the the python "list" is an array dynamic on the right, it's
>> not a linked list.
>
>I know. My point was that I might want to add a reasonable data
>structure to the language, and it's hard to build an argument on what to
>leave out and what to put in.
>
>> Regarding tuple: I don't like the name "tuple" of typecons, because
>> they aren't the tuples of D, they are structs. That's why I have
>> named them Record/record in my dlibs.
>
>D is at fault because it called typelists tuples. I told Walter not to,
>and he went ahead and did so anyway. Now we're living with the consequences.
>
>> In my dlibs Tuple is: template Tuple(T...) { alias T Tuple; }
>
>That's a typelist.
>
Why is that a typelist when it can contain almost any entity in the
language, not only types?
>> Also, tuple of typecons misses some very important methods.
>
>I added a few (soon to be released).
>
>
>Andrei
