I have just been introduced to D. But if there is support for  c++ why was not the cout or the cin operator not allowed for in D

ranjit_bh@hotmail.com wrote:

> I have just been introduced to D. But if there is support for  c++ why was not the cout or the cin operator not allowed for in D

Technically, there isn't support for C++.  D is able to link with C, not C++.  So you can declare a function in D to be extern(C), do the same in C++, and use them to link the two together.

cout and cin are instances of template objects in C++.  D uses a different template syntax.

As I understand it, Walter doesn't like the cout/cin design, and sees no need to duplicate it.  D will eventually use something else.

If you would like to invent your own I/O stdlib, feel free...and submit it to the newsgroup for discussion.  Maybe your work will be the start of something big!

Russ

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