"Nick Sabalausky" <a@a.a> wrote in message news:jjdu0j$209o$1...@digitalmars.com... >> I can't say I agree with this, as it pollutes the global namespace with >> several common terms that could be used for fields. >> > > I'd argue that should not be considered a problem in this case: > http://forum.dlang.org/post/jj6hnv$2o9s$1...@digitalmars.com >
Plus, having to [**occasionally**] change a "minutes" to "numMinutes" (or something, frankly, much more descriptive) is a hell of a lot better than having to use 'dur!"minutes"(5)' instead of 'minutes(5)'.
