On Saturday, 8 August 2015 at 13:08:08 UTC, Temtaime wrote:
Hi !
I want to add some sugar to D : sometimes it's necessary to use
complex start index.
For example:
auto sub = arr[idx + 123 * 10..idx + 123 * 10 + 1];
Proposal is to add a mnemonic for start index, for instance :
auto sub = arr[idx + 123 * 10..# + 1]; // # == start index
# is for example. Maybe it can be @ or some other symbol.
Any ideas ? Should i try to create a DIP ?
More sugar is more overhead for new people to learn just to
understand code written in the language. Why don't you do:
auto startIdx = idx + 123 * 10;
auto sub = arr[startIdx .. startIdx + 1];
-Shammah
