On Monday, 19 January 2015 at 21:06:40 UTC, Alexey T. wrote:
Better that next D version (next MAJOR version) can support such
syntax. (Old syntax may be compatible too but "deprecated").
What developers think..
I have a feeling you might get some strong opposition to this
idea *Brace Yourself*. However, I don't mind discussing new
ideas. I'm not familiar enough with the syntax grammar to say
for sure whether or not this would make it easier to parse the
language. If it does, I wouldn't think it would make it much
more simple. One question is how would you declare a function
pointer?
Current : void function() myfunction;
YourIdea: func void function() myfunction;
This seems a little odd/redundant. I suppose you could change the
syntax to something like this:
func void myfunction();
But then you wouldn't be able to know if that was a function
pointer or a function declaration.
I'll finish by saying that at first glance, I'm not sure if
adding this extra keyword will help readability much. I've never
really had problems distinguishing between functions and other
things. That being said, maybe I've been programming in C-like
languages too much so take that with a grain of salt.
