Re: Unclear about the benefits of D over C++ and Java

2016-01-02 Thread JerryR via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 2 January 2016 at 11:31:24 UTC, Dibyendu Majumdar wrote: ... * How stable is D? Can one use it without fear that the next version will significantly change the language and therefore one would have to rewrite? ... I recently discover a problem with breakage when trying to compi

Re: Pain when changing DMD version...

2015-12-24 Thread JerryR via Digitalmars-d
On Thursday, 24 December 2015 at 14:48:46 UTC, John Colvin wrote: Often when you see breakage it's the compiler actually enforcing a pre-existing rule that the code in question broke. So that made me think, there is any flag that I could turn on, and pass by over those errors? JerryR.

Re: Pain when changing DMD version...

2015-12-24 Thread JerryR via Digitalmars-d
On Thursday, 24 December 2015 at 16:05:18 UTC, bachmeier wrote: But 2.060 was released in 2012... Yes I know it's old but and the reason was to avoid breakage that already had happened before. I know that sometimes this (Breakage) is inevitable as the language grows, but my concern here is

Re: Pain when changing DMD version...

2015-12-24 Thread JerryR via Digitalmars-d
On Thursday, 24 December 2015 at 05:50:06 UTC, Israel wrote: On Thursday, 24 December 2015 at 04:06:40 UTC, JerryR wrote: A couple of months ago, I decided to upgrade my DMD to a new version: 2.066, and today I needed compile that project again, which a year ago I had compiled with DMD 2.060.

Pain when changing DMD version...

2015-12-23 Thread JerryR via Digitalmars-d
A couple of months ago, I decided to upgrade my DMD to a new version: 2.066, and today I needed compile that project again, which a year ago I had compiled with DMD 2.060. Now if you look below you will see the errors that I'm getting with changing from DMD 2.060 to 2.066, and all the errors a