On 02/10/2016 02:08 PM, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote:
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 06:51:21PM +0000, w0rp via Digitalmars-d wrote:
I wonder if the addition of another function for printing will confuse
some new users.
I can't imagine it would in any significant way. Certainly not if it's
named "dump", anyway.
Currently I don't see much value in it to justify the costs.
BUT,
there might be a case for it if:
[...]
I see no non-trivial cost.
I've been using a homemade equivalent of it for years, and I can speak
from experience that it's definitely a big help. Not only that, but the
only two reasons I've ever had for NOT using it are fixed by this proposal:
- Can now be done without bulky "mixin(...)" at the usage site.
- Built into Phobos so never a need, in any project, to [temporarily or
otherwise] tie in a new dependency just for a temporary debugging aid.
I'm hugely in favor of this. Me want.
