I'm looking for details on two changes in particular.

First comes from 1.011, being the macro keyword. I can't find anything about it, and I have no idea how to use it.

Second comes from 1.010:
>> Added template partial specialization derived from multiple parameters.
I don't understand what this means exactly?

Xinok Wrote:

> I'm looking for details on two changes in particular.
> 
> First comes from 1.011, being the macro keyword. I can't find anything about it, and I have no idea how to use it.
> 
> Second comes from 1.010:
>  >> Added template partial specialization derived from multiple parameters.
> I don't understand what this means exactly?

Aww shit.  D's getting macros?  I was hoping to avoid having to read those.

and... wow.  let me get my dictionary.

Dan wrote:
> Xinok Wrote:
> 
>> I'm looking for details on two changes in particular.
>>
>> First comes from 1.011, being the macro keyword. I can't find anything about it, and I have no idea how to use it.
>>
>> Second comes from 1.010:
>>  >> Added template partial specialization derived from multiple parameters.
>> I don't understand what this means exactly?
> 
> Aww shit.  D's getting macros?  I was hoping to avoid having to read those.

Yes macros, but nothing like C pre-processor macros.  No #DEFINE's in sight.  From the prior discussions on this, they will appear something more like this:

macro default_gettor (name, var) {
  typeof(var) name () { return var; }
}

class Foo {
  private int _bar ;

  this (int barval) { _bar = barval; }

  default_gettor(bar, _bar);
}

Contrived example, but you get the notion of what it will make possible.  Presumably they could also be used with Tuples via a wrapping template... which means you could write a template-macro pair that cough up an entire module for, say, a variant type with some simple introspection capabilities, which can have new types/behaviors added to it just by adding one relatively simple line to a macro call or template instantiation at the bottom of the module.  (At least, that's a rough description of something I plan to do with them.)

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls

Xinok wrote:
> I'm looking for details on two changes in particular.
> 
> First comes from 1.011, being the macro keyword. I can't find anything about it, and I have no idea how to use it.

Right now, it does nothing except gives an error if you try to use it.
Like 'cent'.

> Second comes from 1.010:
>  >> Added template partial specialization derived from multiple parameters.
> I don't understand what this means exactly?

Xinok wrote:
> I'm looking for details on two changes in particular.
> 
> First comes from 1.011, being the macro keyword. I can't find anything about it, and I have no idea how to use it.

It has been just reserved now. It will do something in the (near) future.

> Second comes from 1.010:
>>> Added template partial specialization derived from multiple parameters.
> I don't understand what this means exactly?

There's an example about it on the template page. http://digitalmars.com/d/template.html

  Deduction from a specialization can provide values for more than one
  parameter:

  template Foo(T: T[U], U)
  {
      ...
  }

  Foo!(int[long])  // instantiates Foo with T set to int, U set to long

Although I also had to diff those docs to find it.