On Sunday, 15 September 2024 at 12:06:53 UTC, Manu wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Sept 2024, 09:36 Johan via Digitalmars-d, <
> digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, 12 September 2024 at 22:59:32 UTC, Manu wrote:
>> >
>> > How?
>> > And it's not 'rare'; it's 'niche'. For a microcontroller with
>> > no branch
>> > prediction, it's common and essential.
>> > It's literally unworkable to write code for the platform
>> > without this tool;
>> > you can't have branches constantly mispredicting.
>>
>> It would help if your arguments would not use so much
>> hyperbole. Obviously it is not unworkable, demonstrated by
>> decades of microcontroller programming without it (C does not
>> have it).
>
>
> Huh? I've been writing expect statements in C for 20 years or
> maybe more...

I meant - of course - something besides `expect`. I was
responding to your "this tool", thinking that it must refer to
your new proposal, because otherwise why would there be a
discussion? But apparently you meant "expect". Then there is no
debate:
when writing D for microcontrollers today (i.e. you need to use
GDC or LDC) you have the option to use the equivalent of
`expect`. Use it.

I'm sorry for entering this discussion and will leave. I do not
get a sense that the desire is to build a balanced view and come
to a shared conclusion.

-Johan