On Friday, 18 October 2013 at 20:09:37 UTC, Blake Anderton wrote:
I agree a null value and empty array are separate concepts, but
from my very anecdotal/non rigorous point of view I really
appreciate D's ability to treat them as equivalent.
My day job mostly involves C# and array code almost always
follows the pattern if(arr == null || arr.Length == 0) ...
In D just doing if(arr.length) feels much nicer and less error
prone. I'm all for correctness but would hate to throw the baby
out with the bathwater.
Really? I NEVER write that pattern. I may check if an array is
null or don't because the function shouldnt be receiving nulls
(maybe its bad but idc). I just write linq and never bother to
see if something is empty
