On Wednesday, 9 July 2014 at 23:01:13 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
Interesting. Those are invalid D code, but obviously the
compiler is accepting it.
I suggest recognizing in the parser:
( Identifier )
as a special case, in addition to using
Parser::isDeclaration(). Gradually we can turn that special
case into a warning, then deprecation.
If I'm understanding this correctly, you want to deprecate the
(somewhat popular) nameless exception syntax so that we can keep
the "should be removed with prejudice" catch-everything syntax?
Other quotes about the syntax I propose removing:
"...surprised it even compiled..."
"Besides, how hard is it to just write: 'catch(Throwbale)'"
"Perhaps we could add a compiler warning for catch without an
explicit type."
