I've been going through Andrei's excellent book and I noticed that the latest printing is from 2010. Since D is still a very young language I can imagine it changing quite a bit within six years. So I wonder if there are any major inconsistincies between the current state of the language and its description in TDPL. Is there a list somewhere with all the changes made in the langauge since the book was published?

Thanks a lot.

On 9/27/16 1:38 PM, Mark wrote:
> I've been going through Andrei's excellent book and I noticed that the
> latest printing is from 2010. Since D is still a very young language I
> can imagine it changing quite a bit within six years. So I wonder if
> there are any major inconsistincies between the current state of the
> language and its description in TDPL. Is there a list somewhere with all
> the changes made in the langauge since the book was published?
>
> Thanks a lot.

Most things that are "wrong" in the book should be in the errata: http://erdani.com/tdpl/errata/

There are also some things that are not wrong in the book, but have not been implemented.

I think the most glaring difference is that "clear" has been renamed to "destroy".

-Steve

OK. Thanks, Steve.

On Tuesday, 27 September 2016 at 17:53:39 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On 9/27/16 1:38 PM, Mark wrote:
>> I've been going through Andrei's excellent book and I noticed that the
>> latest printing is from 2010. Since D is still a very young language I
>> can imagine it changing quite a bit within six years. So I wonder if
>> there are any major inconsistincies between the current state of the
>> language and its description in TDPL. Is there a list somewhere with all
>> the changes made in the langauge since the book was published?
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>
> Most things that are "wrong" in the book should be in the errata: http://erdani.com/tdpl/errata/
>
> There are also some things that are not wrong in the book, but have not been implemented.
>
> I think the most glaring difference is that "clear" has been renamed to "destroy".
>
> -Steve

Another thing that I found today is that the book suggests nested structs within functions are of little use. I guess Voldemort types were introduced into the language after the book was published.

Should this be on the errata page? It's not exactly an error.

On 29/10/2016 1:35 AM, Mark wrote:
> On Tuesday, 27 September 2016 at 17:53:39 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> On 9/27/16 1:38 PM, Mark wrote:
>>> I've been going through Andrei's excellent book and I noticed that the
>>> latest printing is from 2010. Since D is still a very young language I
>>> can imagine it changing quite a bit within six years. So I wonder if
>>> there are any major inconsistincies between the current state of the
>>> language and its description in TDPL. Is there a list somewhere with all
>>> the changes made in the langauge since the book was published?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot.
>>
>> Most things that are "wrong" in the book should be in the errata:
>> http://erdani.com/tdpl/errata/
>>
>> There are also some things that are not wrong in the book, but have
>> not been implemented.
>>
>> I think the most glaring difference is that "clear" has been renamed
>> to "destroy".
>>
>> -Steve
>
> Another thing that I found today is that the book suggests nested
> structs within functions are of little use. I guess Voldemort types were
> introduced into the language after the book was published.
>
> Should this be on the errata page? It's not exactly an error.

Ranges were the 'big' idiom that changed this.
Otherwise they are indeed of little use.

I think it shouldn't be included, but since you feel otherwise, email Andrei and let him know, no harm either way :)