On Wednesday, 5 October 2016 at 02:11:14 UTC, Meta wrote:
I'm currently writing up a DIP to propose removing `body` as a
keyword to allow it to be used for variable names, functions,
etc. I'm looking for examples and contexts where `body` would
normally be used as a variable, function name, alias, etc. This
is what I have come up with off the top of my head:
- In web programming where "body" is a required tag in any
valid HTML document. Ex:
- It is a name commonly used for XML tags and/or attributes
- Physics simulations as well in astronomical contexts
("planetary bodyies", etc.)
- Video games, such as referring to the player character's body
Physics libraries absolutely.
https://github.com/d-gamedev-team/dchip/blob/55f43e5f0cf67c8bc190711b69eb16230fa6188e/src/dchip/cpBody.d#L184
https://github.com/d-gamedev-team/dbox/blob/6f81fe065abec1e7def44fc777c5d8e9da936104/examples/demo/tests/bodytypes.d#L103
And in various C / C++ libraries. It's rather annoying that body
is taken, it's a fairly rarely used keyword in D but often used
in other languages.
