The original way of instantiating a template in D was to write:

    instance Foo(int) foo;

This has been supplanted by the better syntax:

    Foo!(int)

The older form is obsolete - does anyone have any objection to first deprecating it, then removing it? Removing it removes some detritus from the compiler, as well as opening the door for some cool new syntax Matthew and I have been toying with <g>.

(Deprecating it means issue a compile error on seeing it unless
the -deprecated switch is used.)

Walter wrote:

>The original way of instantiating a template in D was to write:
>
>    instance Foo(int) foo;
>
>This has been supplanted by the better syntax:
>
>    Foo!(int)
>
>The older form is obsolete - does anyone have any objection to first
>deprecating it, then removing it? Removing it removes some detritus from the
>compiler, as well as opening the door for some cool new syntax Matthew and I
>have been toying with <g>.
>
>(Deprecating it means issue a compile error on seeing it unless
>the -deprecated switch is used.)
>
+1


-- 
-Anderson: http://badmama.com.au/~anderson/

In article <c7b7ik$1oqm$1@digitaldaemon.com>, newshound@digitalmars.com says...
>
>The original way of instantiating a template in D was to write:
>
>    instance Foo(int) foo;
>
>This has been supplanted by the better syntax:
>
>    Foo!(int)
>
>The older form is obsolete - does anyone have any objection to first deprecating it, then removing it? Removing it removes some detritus from the compiler, as well as opening the door for some cool new syntax Matthew and I have been toying with <g>.
>
>(Deprecating it means issue a compile error on seeing it unless
>the -deprecated switch is used.)
>

I'm OK with removing it. Hasn't it been informally deprecated already?

-- 
Christopher E. Miller

Walter wrote:

> The original way of instantiating a template in D was to write:
> 
>     instance Foo(int) foo;
> 
> This has been supplanted by the better syntax:
> 
>     Foo!(int)
> 
> The older form is obsolete - does anyone have any objection to first
> deprecating it, then removing it? Removing it removes some detritus from the
> compiler, as well as opening the door for some cool new syntax Matthew and I
> have been toying with <g>.
> 
> (Deprecating it means issue a compile error on seeing it unless
> the -deprecated switch is used.)

huh.  Somehow, I had the impression that it was already gone.  I won't miss it, obviously. ;)

 -- andy

In article <c7b7ik$1oqm$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
>
>The original way of instantiating a template in D was to write:
>
>    instance Foo(int) foo;
>
>This has been supplanted by the better syntax:
>
>    Foo!(int)
>
>The older form is obsolete - does anyone have any objection to first deprecating it, then removing it?

no let it go

>

I don't really think we need to deprecate such things at this point (pre 1.0). Just kill it, and post enough notes to let anyone who's used it know of the change.

There'll be plenty of people to offer help to anyone who posts about having a problem with it.

So I vote we just kill it now.

"Walter" <newshound@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:c7b7ik$1oqm$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> The original way of instantiating a template in D was to write:
>
>     instance Foo(int) foo;
>
> This has been supplanted by the better syntax:
>
>     Foo!(int)
>
> The older form is obsolete - does anyone have any objection to first deprecating it, then removing it? Removing it removes some detritus from the compiler, as well as opening the door for some cool new syntax Matthew and I have been toying with <g>.
>
> (Deprecating it means issue a compile error on seeing it unless
> the -deprecated switch is used.)
>
>

Walter wrote:
> The original way of instantiating a template in D was to write:
> 
>     instance Foo(int) foo;
> 
> This has been supplanted by the better syntax:
> 
>     Foo!(int)
> 
> The older form is obsolete - does anyone have any objection to first
> deprecating it, then removing it? Removing it removes some detritus from the
> compiler, as well as opening the door for some cool new syntax Matthew and I
> have been toying with <g>.
> 
> (Deprecating it means issue a compile error on seeing it unless
> the -deprecated switch is used.)

I'd say go ahead and take instance out. (I thought it was already gone. Last time I looked I couldn't find it in the official spec, e.g. the keyword list.)

-- 
Justin (a/k/a jcc7)
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/

+1

In article <c7b7ik$1oqm$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
>
>The original way of instantiating a template in D was to write:
>
>    instance Foo(int) foo;
>
>This has been supplanted by the better syntax:
>
>    Foo!(int)
>
>The older form is obsolete - does anyone have any objection to first deprecating it, then removing it? Removing it removes some detritus from the compiler, as well as opening the door for some cool new syntax Matthew and I have been toying with <g>.
>
>(Deprecating it means issue a compile error on seeing it unless
>the -deprecated switch is used.)
>
>

J C Calvarese wrote:

>
> I'd say go ahead and take instance out. (I thought it was already gone. Last time I looked I couldn't find it in the official spec, e.g. the keyword list.)
>
It was taken out of the specs ages ago.  Actually I think at the same time Walter made the change.

-- 
-Anderson: http://badmama.com.au/~anderson/

+1

James McComb