Steven Schveighoffer:
> I think the point is, the statement x = x + 1; isn't any more or less
> ambiguous in D than it is in python. There is a well-defined meaning (and
> in fact the same meaning).
It's not the same meaning, this program prints "1":
import std.c.stdio: printf;
class Foo {
int x;
this() {}
void foo() {
x = x + 1;
}
}
void main() {
Foo f = new Foo();
f.foo();
printf("%d\n", f.x); // prints 1
}
An equivalent Python program with "x = x + 1;" prints:
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'x' referenced before assignment
Because the usage of "self." is obligatory.
Anyway, this whole thread is not about Python, it's about D.
Bye,
bearophile
