On Wednesday, October 05, 2016 02:11:14 Meta via Digitalmars-d 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
I think that the only case that I've run into where I'd want to use body as a symbol name would be http/e-mail messages, since they have a header and a body. - Jonathan M Davis