D currently supports: writeln((1 + 2).stringof);
to print: 1 + 2 What is the real-world use case of this "feature"? I mean, everyone knows what the code they write looks like, so why would they want to have a language feature to get a string representation of it that they can print out to the user? I mean, if at all someone wants to print out 1 + 2, they can always say "1 + 2" and be done with it, instead of going to the convolution of .stringof... One thing I observe however is that: writeln((1+ 2).stringof); writeln((1 +2).stringof); writeln((1 + 2).stringof); all print "1 + 2" (without the quotes) so it's not a simple compiler dumps to string thing, but still I don't understand what this can be useful for... -- Shriramana Sharma, Penguin #395953