bearophile wrote: > This post is born from a bug I've just removed. > In the past I have read more than one C coding standard (or better, lists > of coding tips) that warn against bugs caused by ++ and --. They suggest > to not use them compound in expressions. They allow to use them when alone > on an instruction. > > Python designers have totally avoided to put those operators in the > language, with the rationale they are bug-prone while saving just a little > of typing. > > Removing those operators from D, as Python, may look excessive. So a > possible compromise can be: > - Deprecate the pre versions: --x and ++x > - Make them return void, so they can't be used as expressions like this: > y = x++; > foo(x--); > You have to use them as: > x++; y = x; > x--; foo(x); > (So ++ and -- become similar to the Inc() and Dec() functions of Pascal). > > What problems such changes may cause? > > Bye, > bearophile
It is way too patronizing. These operators are very well known by people with a C background and actually quite elegant if you are used to reading them, imho.