On 2/21/2010 23:07, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> I don't see how iota makes the rest of phobos harder to learn. It's one
> poorly named function. All the rest could have brilliant names or absolutely
> horrific names, and iota wouldn't really have any impact on them either way.
Function names don'
Hi,
as I'm also hitting some problems with DLLs, here are some issues that I
am now aware of (sorry, can't tell for linux shared objects, but I guess
the situation is similar):
1. For D2, there is a major blocker with DLLs loaded after intialization
on XP because of no TLS support from the O
On 2010-02-21 21:50, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
VBScript (Or maybe it's just VB6. Not sure about VB.NET) allows the above by
doing this:
f (a, b, , , e)
That's the one thing about VB that I actually kinda liked. Of coruse, it may
not be a perfect approach, but at least you *can* leave middle params
Rainer Deyke wrote:
> On 2/21/2010 17:42, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>> Rainer Deyke wrote:
>> If I had to pick one, I'd go for genSequence since I prefer the idea of
>> "generating" a sequence to "making" one. I do like ioto for it's
>> memorability though.
>
> The memorability of iota doesn't scal
"Michel Fortin" wrote in message
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> On 2010-02-18 12:18:47 -0500, Martin Franklin
> said:
>
>> Its time to dump C-like languages - I have the evidence.
>>
>> http://www.modulaware.com/mdlt28.htm
>
> Nice read... and it gives me a new feature idea for D! The
On 2/21/2010 17:42, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> Rainer Deyke wrote:
> If I had to pick one, I'd go for genSequence since I prefer the idea of
> "generating" a sequence to "making" one. I do like ioto for it's
> memorability though.
The memorability of iota doesn't scale. There are 24 letters in t
Rainer Deyke wrote:
> On 2/20/2010 20:44, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>> Rainer Deyke wrote:
>>> 'makeRange' is descriptive. That's what the function does. It creates
>>> and returns a range, in the D sense of the word "range".
>>
>> Well, technically speaking, it returns a Sequence, but a Sequence
Paul D. Anderson Wrote:
> I know there are a lot of D programmers rooting for enhancements to the
> unittests in D (and I don't want to re-open that discussion), but are there
> any of the best and brightest among us who have developed a module to allow
> for named tests and tests that keep run
Igor Lesik wrote:
The first step is to make phobos into a shared .so library. Is
anyone willing to try it and sort out just what the issues are?
I may give it a try, if nobody else wants to jump on it.
Thanks! dmd has the first step, it supports -fPIC.
I'm currently writing a compiler for my own language in D, and one of the
things I'm implementing at the moment is the processing of floating-point
literals. My primary reference is William Clinger's "How to read floating point
numbers accurately," which is available here:
ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu
KennyTM~ wrote:
On Feb 22, 10 06:07, Ary Borenszweig wrote:
Michel Fortin wrote:
On 2010-02-21 10:19:06 -0500, bearophile
said:
Michel Fortin:
array.sort(predicate) // sort in place using predicate
array.sorted(predicate) // create sorted copy using predicate
array.isSorted(predicate) // t
On Feb 22, 10 06:07, Ary Borenszweig wrote:
Michel Fortin wrote:
On 2010-02-21 10:19:06 -0500, bearophile said:
Michel Fortin:
array.sort(predicate) // sort in place using predicate
array.sorted(predicate) // create sorted copy using predicate
array.isSorted(predicate) // tell if the array i
>The first step is to make phobos into a shared .so library. Is anyone willing
>to try it and sort out just what the issues are?
I may give it a try, if nobody else wants to jump on it.
Michel Fortin wrote:
On 2010-02-21 10:19:06 -0500, bearophile said:
Michel Fortin:
array.sort(predicate) // sort in place using predicate
array.sorted(predicate) // create sorted copy using predicate
array.isSorted(predicate) // tell if the array is sorted using
predicate
On 2010-02-21 21.06, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
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On 2/21/10 16:19, bearophile wrote:
Michel Fortin:
array.sort(predicate) // sort in place using predicate
array.sorted(predicate) // create sorted copy using predicate
arr
Walter Bright wrote:
Michel Fortin wrote:
On 2010-02-21 02:15:23 -0500, Norbert Nemec
said:
similarly, I would suggest
"reverse" to sort in-place
"reversed" to return a modified copy
I that's a not so bad solution, applicable to almost any word. There
are cases where it doesn't work ('spli
Michel Fortin wrote:
On 2010-02-21 02:15:23 -0500, Norbert Nemec said:
similarly, I would suggest
"reverse" to sort in-place
"reversed" to return a modified copy
I that's a not so bad solution, applicable to almost any word. There are
cases where it doesn't work ('split'), but probably not
"Jacob Carlborg" wrote in message
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> On 2/21/10 16:19, bearophile wrote:
>> Michel Fortin:
>>> array.sort(predicate) // sort in place using predicate
>>> array.sorted(predicate) // create sorted copy using predicate
>>> array.isSorted(predicate) // tell
g wrote:
(btw linux)
The first step is to make phobos into a shared .so library. Is anyone
willing to try it and sort out just what the issues are?
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Adam Ruppe wrote:
The Jump To: section on the phobos 2 docs could be made a lot easier
by sorting the anchors listed alphabetically.
I looked at the html source and noticed that they are generated by
some Javascript.
Here's a replacement for the function in there now
Adam Ruppe wrote:
The Jump To: section on the phobos 2 docs could be made a lot easier
by sorting the anchors listed alphabetically.
I looked at the html source and noticed that they are generated by
some Javascript.
Here's a replacement for the function in there now that does this sorting:
[s
On 2/20/2010 20:44, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> Rainer Deyke wrote:
>> 'makeRange' is descriptive. That's what the function does. It creates
>> and returns a range, in the D sense of the word "range".
>
> Well, technically speaking, it returns a Sequence, but a Sequence is a
> range. In that case
The Jump To: section on the phobos 2 docs could be made a lot easier
by sorting the anchors listed alphabetically.
I looked at the html source and noticed that they are generated by
some Javascript.
Here's a replacement for the function in there now that does this sorting:
function listanchors(
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:06:44 -0500, Lutger
wrote:
Justin Johansson wrote:
Eldar Insafutdinov wrote:
Steve Teale Wrote:
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:41:20 -0500, g wrote:
I tried to get some attention for this problem again a couple of weeks
ago (see the "special treat" thread), and everyone wh
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 10:36:53AM -0500, bearophile wrote:
> I sometimes have used an upper case Q for the ? (it stands for Question mark):
> sortedQ()
Or the lisp convention of -p? sorted_p()
Bah, I'd just say go with isSorted. sorted? is just bizarre anyway.
--
Adam D. Ruppe
http://arsdnet.n
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 7:36 AM, bearophile wrote:
> I sometimes have used an upper case Q for the ? (it stands for Question mark):
> sortedQ()
I would think that was a shorthand for some kind of "sorted queue"
thing if I ran into it in the wild.
--bb
On 2/21/10 16:19, bearophile wrote:
Michel Fortin:
array.sort(predicate) // sort in place using predicate
array.sorted(predicate) // create sorted copy using predicate
array.isSorted(predicate) // tell if the array is sorted using predicate
Good.
Another possibil
On 2/21/10 14:28, Philippe Sigaud wrote:
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 13:51, Jacob Carlborg mailto:d...@me.com>> wrote:
[Universal function call syntax]
It's not implemented yet.
But do you know of it's on the plate for D2? Lars says it's in TDPL, so
it must be on the todo list, hopefully.
Michel Fortin:
> the ! suffix is totally ambiguous with the
> template instantiation syntax, and the ? suffix would be ambiguous in
> the ternary operator "?:".
OK, sorry for saying silly things again :-)
I sometimes have used an upper case Q for the ? (it stands for Question mark):
sortedQ()
B
On 2010-02-21 10:19:06 -0500, bearophile said:
Michel Fortin:
array.sort(predicate) // sort in place using predicate
array.sorted(predicate) // create sorted copy using predicate
array.isSorted(predicate) // tell if the array is sorted using predicate
Good.
Ano
Michel Fortin:
> array.sort(predicate) // sort in place using predicate
> array.sorted(predicate) // create sorted copy using predicate
> array.isSorted(predicate) // tell if the array is sorted using predicate
Good.
Another possibility is to let D2 accept ? and ! too insi
On 2010-02-21 08:56:14 -0500, Philippe Sigaud said:
Anyway, I just tried:
class C {
alias opImplicitCast this;
@property int opImplicitCast() { return 1;}
}
auto c = new C();
int foo(int a) { return a;}
foo(c); // error. function main.foo (int a) is not callable using argument
types
On 2010-02-21 02:15:23 -0500, Norbert Nemec said:
I would suggest the solution in Python/NumPy:
"sort" gives the command to sort data in-place
"sorted" returns a sorted data, preserving the input
similarly, I would suggest
"reverse" to sort in-place
"reversed" to return a modified copy
I t
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:06:44 +0100, Lutger wrote:
> Justin Johansson wrote:
>
>> Eldar Insafutdinov wrote:
>>> Steve Teale Wrote:
>>>
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:41:20 -0500, g wrote:
I tried to get some attention for this problem again a couple of
weeks ago (see the "special
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 14:34, Michel Fortin wrote:
> On 2010-02-21 08:28:02 -0500, Philippe Sigaud
> said:
>
> Another thing I'd be very happy to have is opImplicitCast
>>
>
> I think this works already:
>
>alias opImplicitCast this;
>
>@property T opImplicitCast() { ... } <
Lutger wrote:
Justin Johansson wrote:
Eldar Insafutdinov wrote:
Steve Teale Wrote:
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:41:20 -0500, g wrote:
I tried to get some attention for this problem again a couple of weeks
ago (see the "special treat" thread), and everyone who replied said
"yes, we really need th
On 2010-02-21 08:28:02 -0500, Philippe Sigaud said:
Another thing I'd be very happy to have is opImplicitCast
I think this works already:
alias opImplicitCast this;
@property T opImplicitCast() { ... }
--
Michel Fortin
michel.for...@michelf.com
http://michelf.c
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 13:51, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
[Universal function call syntax]
> It's not implemented yet.
>
But do you know of it's on the plate for D2? Lars says it's in TDPL, so it
must be on the todo list, hopefully.
Well, I guess they all have too much to do right now, and as some r
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 21:48, Andrei Alexandrescu <
seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org> wrote:
> To focus the discussion about naming conventions, let's discuss one
> particular aspect. Right now we have in std.algorithm:
>
(snip)
> There are a few other functions like that: one version takes a range
Justin Johansson wrote:
> Eldar Insafutdinov wrote:
>> Steve Teale Wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:41:20 -0500, g wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I tried to get some attention for this problem again a couple of weeks
>>> ago (see the "special treat" thread), and everyone who replied said
>>> "yes, we rea
Le 21/02/10 13:17, biozic a écrit :
But what I really miss is a good search engine for the documentation,
not a function name that is perfectly relevant to my understanding. A
list of well-chosen keywords/tags associated with every function should
do the work (more than the present full-text sear
Michel Fortin Wrote:
> On 2010-02-20 23:21:01 -0500, "Adam D. Ruppe"
> said:
>
> > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 09:11:32PM -0500, Michel Fortin wrote:
> >> I'd say go with just "format". That'd make the fully qualified name is
> >> "std.string.format", no need to repeat "string" a second time, even
Le 20/02/10 16:17, Nick Sabalausky a écrit :
"Justin Johansson" wrote in message
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Nick Sabalausky wrote:
Right, that's what I meant. Use a word starting with "retro-" when
talking to a english-speaking person, and even if they're uneducated,
they'll most lik
On 2010-02-20 23:21:01 -0500, "Adam D. Ruppe" said:
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 09:11:32PM -0500, Michel Fortin wrote:
I'd say go with just "format". That'd make the fully qualified name is
"std.string.format", no need to repeat "string" a second time, even if
it's just an "s".
There's already a
Jonathan M Davis Wrote:
> Most programs can be written just fine without dynamically linked libraries,
> so I can certainly see why Walter would not consider it a high priority with
> everything else on his plate, but I do hope that he gets to it eventually.
>
I disagree here. Yes they can be
Eldar Insafutdinov wrote:
Steve Teale Wrote:
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:41:20 -0500, g wrote:
I tried to get some attention for this problem again a couple of weeks
ago (see the "special treat" thread), and everyone who replied said "yes,
we really need this", but Walter does not want to go the
Steve Teale Wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:41:20 -0500, g wrote:
>
>
> I tried to get some attention for this problem again a couple of weeks
> ago (see the "special treat" thread), and everyone who replied said "yes,
> we really need this", but Walter does not want to go there.
>
Is it rea
Jérôme M. Berger wrote:
Justin Johansson wrote:
I don't give an iota about iota. In my dictionary retro is a
Latin prefix. However in post-classical Latin it is not uncommon
to come across words that have a Greek origin. Me thinks we are
both right on this occasion; retro is a Latin prefix; i
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> KennyTM~ wrote:
>> - std.range.iota
>
> C++, APL, Go:
>
Actually, APL doesn't use "iota" but "ι" which translates as "i".
So since we don't want to introduce impossible-to-type characters in
D, we should rename std.range.iota to std.range.i ;)
Justin Johansson wrote:
> I don't give an iota about iota. In my dictionary retro is a
> Latin prefix. However in post-classical Latin it is not uncommon
> to come across words that have a Greek origin. Me thinks we are
> both right on this occasion; retro is a Latin prefix; it's in a
> Latin di
Steve Teale wrote:
Walter - echoes of the past! I still have the Zortech C++ -> Lim tee
shirt ;=)
I've still got mine, too!
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Rainer Deyke wrote:
>> If you're going to go for a single-letter name, "i" is better than
>> "iota". It's just as arbitrary, it's just as ambiguous, I have just as
>> little idea what it means, but it's shorter to write, and you don't need
>> to know the English names
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