On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:34:07 -0600, bearophile <bearophileh...@lycos.com>
wrote:
Do you seen anything wrong in this code? It compiles with no errors:
enum string[5] data = ["green", "magenta", "blue" "red", "yellow"];
static assert(data[4] == "yellow");
void main() {}
Yet that code asserts. it's an excellent example of why a sloppy
compiler/language sooner or later comes back to bite your ass.
Stop blaming the compiler for your own carelessness.
In C the joining of adjacent strings is sometimes useful, but explicit
is better than implicit, and D has a short and good operator to perform
joining of strings, the ~, and D strings are allowed to span multi-lines.
I find it useful, and I like it. I like to break long strings into smaller
ones
and put each one in one line. I know that you can do that using one single
string, but
some syntax hightlighters don't like it that way.
Despite Walter seems to ignore C#, C# is a very well designed language,
polished, and indeed it refuses automatic joining of adjacent strings:
[...]
This is one of the about twenty little/tiny changes I am waiting for D.
Maybe you should switch to C# :)
So please kill automatic joining of adjacent strings in D with fire.
No.
Thank you,
bearophile
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Yao G.
