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Revision as of 07:45, 19 February 2013
D is an evolving and complex language. New features are proposed, unexpected interaction in old ones get found, design issues are raised. All this may involve hard debates in D newsgroup and if often forgotten. This page serves as an index for major design discussions and proposals.
Contents
Main DIP index
Discussed design issues and free-form proposals
Properties
Description
Initial @property design has issues. How can it be changed or even discarded at all?
Thread
- Initial discussion where this topic has rised
- Walters follow-up with proposal to kill property, most info here
Essential moments
Proposals
Access specifiers and symbol visibility
Description
Currently there is feature like "static global" in C or "unnamed namespace" in C++. Access specifiers for module-level symbols control access, not visibility. Ability to hide symbols needs to be added without breaking current access system.
As a result of discussion, Walter has asked for DIP on this topic.
Essential moments
Thread
- Initial thread that has raised this topic
- Follow-up about current state of affairs
- Access specifiers and visibility - combined data to make a decision upon
Proposal
auto ref
Description
Essential moments
Thread
Built-in associative array issues
Description
Present AA implementation has lot of problems and most likely needs to be reworked. AA_Implementation_Issues
