On Sat, 2014-06-28 at 17:41 -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On 6/28/2014 5:43 AM, Element 126 wrote: > > +1 for float32 & cie. These names are much more explicit than the current > > ones. > > I don't see any relevance to this discussion with whether 32 bit floats are > named 'float' or 'float32'.
This is getting way off the original thread, but… The issue is what hardware representations are supported: what does float mean? This is a Humpty Dumpty situation and "something must be done". Hence Go stops with the undefined words and gives definite global meanings to type names. It would be helpful if D eschewed the C/C++ heritage as well and got more definite about type names. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
