On 08/01/2013 08:01 AM, Tofu Ninja wrote:
> Simple example, why would I want to type "node->next" when I could just
> type "node.next".
However, that distinction allows accessing members of the pointer versus
the members of the pointee. (Imagine 'node' is a type that overloads
operator-> like smart pointers do.)
On the other hand, D's reference semantics make the distinction
disappear for classes. But then there is the inconvenience of not being
able to access the class variable versus the class object at least for
some operations:
auto o = new MyClass();
While almost everything else that is accessed by the dot operator is
applied to the object, o.sizeof is applied to the variable. One thing to
keep in mind...
Ali
