Language design discussions

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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.

Main DIP index

DIPs

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
Essential moments

Property Discussion Wrap-up

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
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Proposal

DIP22

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