Don Wrote: > Justin Johansson wrote: > > I assert that the semantics of "toString" or similarly named/purposed > > methods/functions in many > > PL's (including and not limited to D) is ill-defined. > > > > To put this statement into perspective, I would be most appreciative of D > > NG readers > > responding with their own idea(s) of what the semantics of "toString" are > > (or should be) > > in a language agnostic ideology. > > > > If there are more than, say, two or three different views on the said > > semantics then my > > "ill-definition" assertion is surely correct. > > > > If there are no replies on this matter, then guess I'm left concludeless. > > > > Just thinking in the language round-up that this is (just another) one of > > the things > > we should address as a community. > > > > So what does "toString" mean to you? > > It's a hack from the early days of D. Should be unavailable unless the > -debug flag is set, to discourage people from using it. I hate it.
There are some interesting replies coming along here. Thanks everybody for chipping in. I must admit though, when I read Don's reply just now the first thought that went through my mind was "Sweet!" Justin
