After learning and using D for a little while I have discovered some (in my
opinion) problems with the slices and associative array built-ins (for now
I will just say slice). The main issue I have is that there is no way to
pass around something that looks like and acts like a slice. This is
On Friday, 2 March 2012 at 13:33:17 UTC, Kevin Cox wrote:
After learning and using D for a little while I have discovered
some (in my
opinion) problems with the slices and associative array
built-ins (for now
I will just say slice). The main issue I have is that there is
no way to
pass around
On 03/02/2012 06:03 AM, Jesse Phillips wrote:
On Friday, 2 March 2012 at 13:33:17 UTC, Kevin Cox wrote:
After learning and using D for a little while I have discovered some
(in my
opinion) problems with the slices and associative array built-ins (for
now
I will just say slice). The main
On 3/2/12 7:33 AM, Kevin Cox wrote:
[snip]
In, conclusion. (Tl:Dr) slices and AAs do not allow polymorphism and
therefore are decreasing the power and flexibility of D.
Slices are primitive, concrete components that are close to the metal
and are best for implementing abstractions, not
On Mar 2, 2012 10:30 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu
seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote
Slices are primitive, concrete components that are close to the metal and
are best for implementing abstractions, not defining them. You can always
build and use abstract interfaces (that may or may not use slices
On 3/2/12 10:24 AM, Kevin Cox wrote:
Although if slices are still built-in but act as if they are part of an
interface will that slow them down? And, if so where is the slowdown?
Is it in the interfaces?
Yes, a traditional interface (in the sense I gather you use it) uses
indirection by
On 03/02/2012 09:03 AM, Jesse Phillips wrote:
D is not purely object oriented and must provide primitives the meet
or exceed C.
The style for D code also tends to templates and meta programming.
Ranges[1] fit nicely to this and the idea of slicing.
1. http://dlang.org/phobos/std_range.html
On Saturday, 3 March 2012 at 05:00:53 UTC, Kevin wrote:
Is there something on ranges that is more of a write-up.
Something to explain purpose, implementation, usage, ...? Or
if not some code that makes good use of ranges?
Thanks, Kevin
http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/ranges.html
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 12:09 AM, Xinok xi...@live.com wrote:
http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/**ranges.htmlhttp://ddili.org/ders/d.en/ranges.html
Thanks for the great link.
And thanks everyone for your help. I can't believe I missed ranges as they
are exactly what I wanted.
Kevin
