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Inheriting purity DDJ blog by Walter on reddit
Feb 23, 2012
deadalnix
Feb 24, 2012
Jason House
Feb 25, 2012
Timon Gehr
Feb 25, 2012
deadalnix
February 23, 2012
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/q2pmd/inheriting_purity_in_the_d_programming_language/

Andrei
February 23, 2012
Le 23/02/2012 18:27, Andrei Alexandrescu a écrit :
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/q2pmd/inheriting_purity_in_the_d_programming_language/
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> Andrei

I'm still not convinced by const (this can lead to very confusing cases), but for everything else, this is great job.
February 24, 2012
On Thursday, 23 February 2012 at 19:48:11 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
> Le 23/02/2012 18:27, Andrei Alexandrescu a écrit :
>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/q2pmd/inheriting_purity_in_the_d_programming_language/
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>> Andrei
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> I'm still not convinced by const (this can lead to very confusing cases), but for everything else, this is great job.

I agree. Out of all the modifiers discussed, only one allows overloading on its presence...
February 24, 2012
On 23/02/12 18:27, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/q2pmd/inheriting_purity_in_the_d_programming_language/

Is it just me, or has reddit started becoming a lot more positive towards D lately?  A year ago almost every discussion ended up getting hijacked by trolls spreading FUD.

-Lars


February 25, 2012
On 02/23/2012 08:54 PM, deadalnix wrote:
> Le 23/02/2012 18:27, Andrei Alexandrescu a écrit :
>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/q2pmd/inheriting_purity_in_the_d_programming_language/
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>> Andrei
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> I'm still not convinced by const (this can lead to very confusing
> cases), but for everything else, this is great job.

Would you mind giving an instance of such a confusing case?
February 25, 2012
Le 25/02/2012 16:35, Timon Gehr a écrit :
> On 02/23/2012 08:54 PM, deadalnix wrote:
>> Le 23/02/2012 18:27, Andrei Alexandrescu a écrit :
>>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/q2pmd/inheriting_purity_in_the_d_programming_language/
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>>> Andrei
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>> I'm still not convinced by const (this can lead to very confusing
>> cases), but for everything else, this is great job.
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> Would you mind giving an instance of such a confusing case?

I purposely didn't because it isn't the thread for that. Please, let's discuss that in the apropriate thread.