On Thursday, 22 September 2016 at 14:36:31 UTC, eugene wrote:
On Thursday, 22 September 2016 at 14:07:29 UTC, Chris wrote:
What about braces and brackets?
debug { writeln("Error") }
i think writeln("Error") could be parsed as one statement
I think so too, and `debug {}` too.
On Thursday, 22 September 2016 at 14:07:29 UTC, Chris wrote:
What about braces and brackets?
debug { writeln("Error") }
i think writeln("Error") could be parsed as one statement
On Thursday, 22 September 2016 at 13:44:33 UTC, eugene wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:42:10 UTC, Chris wrote:
¿How would you handle cases like
debug { writeln("Error"); return; }
of just
debug { writeln("Error"); }
it is handled by separating each statement with newline, not
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:42:10 UTC, Chris wrote:
¿How would you handle cases like
debug { writeln("Error"); return; }
of just
debug { writeln("Error"); }
it is handled by separating each statement with newline, not
semicolon
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:36:42 UTC, Chris wrote:
Then try to compile Phobos and a variety of D projects on
Github and publish the results. It'd be interesting to see what
problems you encounter. Then you might write a tool like dfix
that fixes the source code so that ";"-less code
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:53:20 UTC, eugene wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:46:58 UTC, Chris wrote:
You come across as if you had set your heart on removing
semicolons.
i didn't set my heart on removing semicolons, the topic is
"consequences of removing semicolons..."
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:46:58 UTC, Chris wrote:
You come across as if you had set your heart on removing
semicolons.
i didn't set my heart on removing semicolons, the topic is
"consequences of removing semicolons..."
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:42:58 UTC, eugene wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:36:42 UTC, Chris wrote:
But is it really worth it?
this was my question at the beginning of the thread
You come across as if you had set your heart on removing
semicolons.
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:36:42 UTC, Chris wrote:
But is it really worth it?
this was my question at the beginning of the thread
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:36:42 UTC, Chris wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:31:21 UTC, eugene wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:28:51 UTC, Chris wrote:
Anyway, why don't you grab the compiler and make a version
that accepts line breaks and ";" - and see what
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:31:21 UTC, eugene wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:28:51 UTC, Chris wrote:
Anyway, why don't you grab the compiler and make a version
that accepts line breaks and ";" - and see what happens?
yes, i've written about it in the thread before
Then
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:28:51 UTC, Chris wrote:
Anyway, why don't you grab the compiler and make a version that
accepts line breaks and ";" - and see what happens?
yes, i've written about it in the thread before
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 15:07:31 UTC, eugene wrote:
one doesn't parse a sentence when one reads it, one translates
a sentence into images; why do you compare native speech
sentences with a programming language statements?
one doesn't parse a sentence when one reads it
one
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 14:19:50 UTC, Nick Sabalausky
wrote:
Just like you parse a sentence when you read it by noticing the
spaces defining where words are. And the commas separating
sections of a sentence, and periods/capitalization separating
the sentences, in-sentence
On 09/20/2016 08:20 AM, eugene wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 12:00:00 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
Without the semicolons, I have to parse the code myself
could you, please, explain, why do you parse code yourself?
That's what happens in the brain when you read code. He's not talking
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 12:00:00 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
Without the semicolons, I have to parse the code myself
could you, please, explain, why do you parse code yourself?
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 11:24:29 UTC, eugene wrote:
On Monday, 19 September 2016 at 20:42:22 UTC, jmh530 wrote:
I don't see a reason to make that sort of change within the D
language or DMD, especially when something like Delight exists
and probably accomplishes exactly what the OP
On Monday, 19 September 2016 at 20:42:22 UTC, jmh530 wrote:
I don't see a reason to make that sort of change within the D
language or DMD, especially when something like Delight exists
and probably accomplishes exactly what the OP had wanted.
Delight is not what i meant, i meant something
On 09/17/2016 07:32 AM, Chris Wright wrote:
python-style syntax a while back, in the D1 days,
though I forget the name of it.
http://delight.sourceforge.net/
Ali
On Monday, 19 September 2016 at 20:22:00 UTC, Chris wrote:
The thing is that there is no way of telling how much D code
would break (including the compiler), if semicolons were
removed or optional. That's too big of a gamble for a purely
aesthetic change.
I don't see a reason to make that
On Monday, 19 September 2016 at 16:52:10 UTC, bpr wrote:
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 16:43:13 UTC, Nick Sabalausky
wrote:
If semicolons are such a terrible drain, there's always JS and
Python.
For someone who likes D, Nim (http://www.nim-lang.org) would be
better a choice for a
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 16:43:13 UTC, Nick Sabalausky
wrote:
If semicolons are such a terrible drain, there's always JS and
Python.
For someone who likes D, Nim (http://www.nim-lang.org) would be
better a choice for a language at the same level with Python like
syntax. Changing D
On Monday, 19 September 2016 at 15:13:10 UTC, Chris Wright wrote:
On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 13:06:30 +, pineapple wrote:
If you
spend enough time writing Python, you will start to run into
cases where
meaningful whitespace makes it difficult to write readable,
functional
code.
For the most
On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 13:06:30 +, pineapple wrote:
> If you
> spend enough time writing Python, you will start to run into cases where
> meaningful whitespace makes it difficult to write readable, functional
> code.
For the most part, you can wrap a statement in parentheses in lieu of
On Friday, 16 September 2016 at 23:00:08 UTC, eugene wrote:
Hello everyone,
what if to remove semicolons at the end of each line of code in
D like in Python?
Is it worth it?
If you write JS in a professional environment, you will almost
certainly be required to terminate every line with a
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 14:47:38 UTC, eugene wrote:
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 14:23:40 UTC, jmh530 wrote:
What if the OP wrote a compiler that turned his version of D
sans semicolons into proper D code?
i didn't try to implement it myself, but i will try
There's already a
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 11:59:53 UTC, cym13 wrote:
Note how a leading dot means “global scope” but a dot after
something means UFCS or method/attribute. What should this
program do? If it is akin to “auto i = [1, 2, 3];
.filterEven();” then i is an int[] and the program prints
On 09/17/2016 09:38 AM, eugene wrote:
because a programmer will have a choice of writing or not semicolons, as
one anyway presses "Enter" why not to use it as a line separator, and
one who likes to type semicolons won't be confused if there is backward
compatibility
Other people have already
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 14:23:40 UTC, jmh530 wrote:
What if the OP wrote a compiler that turned his version of D
sans semicolons into proper D code?
i didn't try to implement it myself, but i will try
On Friday, 16 September 2016 at 23:00:08 UTC, eugene wrote:
Hello everyone,
what if to remove semicolons at the end of each line of code in
D like in Python?
Is it worth it?
Another reason not listed in previous answers (or I didn't see
it) is that D as a unique (AFAIK) capability: string
On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 14:23:40 +, jmh530 wrote:
> On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 02:21:54 UTC, Chris M. wrote:
>> On Friday, 16 September 2016 at 23:01:32 UTC, eugene wrote:
>>> On Friday, 16 September 2016 at 23:00:08 UTC, eugene wrote:
Hello everyone,
what if to remove semicolons
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 02:21:54 UTC, Chris M. wrote:
On Friday, 16 September 2016 at 23:01:32 UTC, eugene wrote:
On Friday, 16 September 2016 at 23:00:08 UTC, eugene wrote:
Hello everyone,
what if to remove semicolons at the end of each line of code
in D like in Python?
Is it
On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 09:09:44 +, Sebastiaan Koppe wrote:
> On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 05:03:17 UTC, Chris Wright wrote:
>> someObject.someField.someLongMethodName(
>> arg1, arg2, arg3);
> There are no semicolons in an ArgumentList.
Thank you for repeating my point, that you have to
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 13:33:49 UTC, Craig Dillabaugh
wrote:
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 13:18:24 UTC, eugene wrote:
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 13:11:50 UTC, Nick
Sabalausky wrote:
On 09/16/2016 07:00 PM, eugene wrote:
Hello everyone,
what if to remove semicolons at
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 13:18:24 UTC, eugene wrote:
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 13:11:50 UTC, Nick Sabalausky
wrote:
On 09/16/2016 07:00 PM, eugene wrote:
Hello everyone,
what if to remove semicolons at the end of each line of code
in D like
in Python?
Is it worth it?
Not
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 13:11:50 UTC, Nick Sabalausky
wrote:
On 09/16/2016 07:00 PM, eugene wrote:
Hello everyone,
what if to remove semicolons at the end of each line of code
in D like
in Python?
Is it worth it?
Not worth it. Gripes about semicolons are a symptom of only
seeing
On 09/16/2016 07:00 PM, eugene wrote:
Hello everyone,
what if to remove semicolons at the end of each line of code in D like
in Python?
Is it worth it?
Not worth it. Gripes about semicolons are a symptom of only seeing the
superficial and not really understanding enough about languages to see
On Friday, 16 September 2016 at 23:00:08 UTC, eugene wrote:
Is it worth it?
This has been discussed at length in 2009. TLDR: It's not worth
it.
http://forum.dlang.org/post/hbo0h2$2ksb$1...@digitalmars.com
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 11:03:14 UTC, Jonathan M Davis
wrote:
On Saturday, September 17, 2016 10:15:57 eugene via
Digitalmars-d wrote:
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 02:21:54 UTC, Chris M. wrote:
> Pointless and not worth breaking everyone's code over
why?
Having semicolons
On Saturday, September 17, 2016 10:15:57 eugene via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 02:21:54 UTC, Chris M. wrote:
> > Pointless and not worth breaking everyone's code over
>
> why?
Having semicolons actually serves as a synchronization point for the
compiler, which helps
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 02:21:54 UTC, Chris M. wrote:
Pointless and not worth breaking everyone's code over
why?
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 05:03:17 UTC, Chris Wright
wrote:
someObject.someField.someLongMethodName(
arg1,
arg2,
arg3);
There are no semicolons in an ArgumentList.
You might look into how javascript does it and what weirdness
ensues as a result.
Its weird and uncomfortable at
On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 05:03:17 UTC, Chris Wright
wrote:
On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 23:00:08 +, eugene wrote:
Hello everyone,
what if to remove semicolons at the end of each line of code
in D like
in Python?
Is it worth it?
It's more than reinterpreting newline as a semicolon. For
On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 23:00:08 +, eugene wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> what if to remove semicolons at the end of each line of code in D like
> in Python?
> Is it worth it?
It's more than reinterpreting newline as a semicolon. For instance, we'd
probably still want this to work:
On 17/09/2016 11:00 AM, eugene wrote:
Hello everyone,
what if to remove semicolons at the end of each line of code in D like
in Python?
Is it worth it?
Also lua would be a better example as it allows for with and without.
On Friday, 16 September 2016 at 23:01:32 UTC, eugene wrote:
On Friday, 16 September 2016 at 23:00:08 UTC, eugene wrote:
Hello everyone,
what if to remove semicolons at the end of each line of code
in D like in Python?
Is it worth it?
i.e. simply use a newline sign as a line separator
On Friday, 16 September 2016 at 23:00:08 UTC, eugene wrote:
Hello everyone,
what if to remove semicolons at the end of each line of code in
D like in Python?
Is it worth it?
i.e. simply use a newline sign as a line separator
Hello everyone,
what if to remove semicolons at the end of each line of code in D
like in Python?
Is it worth it?
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