On 2/24/2013 12:57 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
On 2/24/13, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisp...@gmx.com> wrote:
Yeah, which just adds the confusion, because all it does is enable debug
bocks.
The feature almost doesn't pay its weight. I mean technically you can
use -version=Debug and then use version(Debug) blocks. All `debug`
does is saves a little bit of typing.
I should explain the reasoning for this.
I've talked to many C/C++ programming managers. They lament that every C/C++
coding group feels compelled to reinvent their own debug macro scheme. This
makes it pointlessly difficult to share code between groups.
It's not that unlike how pre-C++98 code bases all had their own "string" class.
By baking one scheme into the language, people will rarely feel a need to
reinvent the wheel, and will go on to more productive uses of their time.
