Is the address-of operator (&) really needed?

[Sandeep Datta]

Hi,

I was going through some sample code online and came across the 
following code fragment...

	listenHttp(settings, &handleRequest); //Where handleRequest is a 
function

My question to you is (as the title says) is the address-of 
operator (&) really needed here? Wouldn't it be better to 
consider handleRequest to be a reference to the actual function? 
I think this will make the system consistent with the way 
variables work in D. IMO this will bring functions/delegates 
closer to being first class objects in D.

What do you think?

Regards,
Sandeep Datta.