On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:46:47 -0200, Ary Borenszweig <ary@esperanto.org.ar> wrote:

>Denis Koroskin wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:18:22 +0400, Ary Borenszweig <ary@esperanto.org.ar> wrote:
>> 
>>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Lars Ivar Igesund <larsivar@igesund.net> wrote:
>>>>> It was changed when invariant was introduced to D2 as to make a
>>>>> transition
>>>>> path ... I think it was announced too.
>>>>  I can't find anything about it in the changelog, but maybe it was
>>>> buried in the newsgroups somewhere.  W has a habit of not announcing
>>>> important changes until three months later when he mentions it in
>>>> passing in a reply as if everyone knew about it.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know about
>>>
>>> =this() {
>>> }
>>>
>>> ?
>> 
>> Looks like a new/alternative syntax for struct postblitting (works in DMD2.019, too).
>
>Yes, it's exactly that, but I didn't see it announced anywhere.

Isn't it aesthetically repulsive? :)

Max Samukha wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:46:47 -0200, Ary Borenszweig
> <ary@esperanto.org.ar> wrote:
> 
>> Denis Koroskin wrote:
>>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:18:22 +0400, Ary Borenszweig <ary@esperanto.org.ar> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Lars Ivar Igesund
>>>>> <larsivar@igesund.net> wrote:
>>>>>> It was changed when invariant was introduced to D2 as to make a transition
>>>>>> path ... I think it was announced too.
>>>>>  I can't find anything about it in the changelog, but maybe it was
>>>>> buried in the newsgroups somewhere.  W has a habit of not announcing
>>>>> important changes until three months later when he mentions it in
>>>>> passing in a reply as if everyone knew about it.
>>>> Does anyone know about
>>>>
>>>> =this() {
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> ?
>>> Looks like a new/alternative syntax for struct postblitting (works in DMD2.019, too).
>> Yes, it's exactly that, but I didn't see it announced anywhere.
> 
> Isn't it aesthetically repulsive? :)

Well, since struct postblitting is performed when you do:

foo = bar;

=this() makes much more sense than this(this)...

Denis Koroskin wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:18:22 +0400, Ary Borenszweig <ary@esperanto.org.ar> wrote:
> 
>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Lars Ivar Igesund
>>> <larsivar@igesund.net> wrote:
>>>> It was changed when invariant was introduced to D2 as to make a transition
>>>> path ... I think it was announced too.
>>>  I can't find anything about it in the changelog, but maybe it was
>>> buried in the newsgroups somewhere.  W has a habit of not announcing
>>> important changes until three months later when he mentions it in
>>> passing in a reply as if everyone knew about it.
>>
>> Does anyone know about
>>
>> =this() {
>> }
>>
>> ?
> 
> Looks like a new/alternative syntax for struct postblitting (works in DMD2.019, too).

You may want to hold off on that one, we're revamping copy construction.

Andrei

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 1:48 PM, ore-sama <spam@here.lot> wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:
>
>> I can't find anything about it in the changelog
>
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/features2.html
>

No, in D1, not in D2.  The syntax in D1 used to be invariant {}, without the parens.  The D1 compiler now accepts either the old syntax or the new syntax, and the spec only shows the new syntax, but I don't remember it ever being mentioned.

Ary Borenszweig wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Lars Ivar Igesund
>> <larsivar@igesund.net> wrote:
>>> It was changed when invariant was introduced to D2 as to make a transition
>>> path ... I think it was announced too.
>>
>> I can't find anything about it in the changelog, but maybe it was
>> buried in the newsgroups somewhere.  W has a habit of not announcing
>> important changes until three months later when he mentions it in
>> passing in a reply as if everyone knew about it.
> 
> Does anyone know about
> 
> =this() {
> }
> 
> ?

I read diffs of the DDoc with each new D2 release, and it wasn't mentioned there, so it was probably unreleased, yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if there was more stuff like that. :P

-- 
Bruno Medeiros - Software Developer, MSc. in CS/E graduate
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?BrunoMedeiros#D

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Bruno Medeiros <brunodomedeiros+spam@com.gmail> wrote:
> Ary Borenszweig wrote:
>>
>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Lars Ivar Igesund <larsivar@igesund.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It was changed when invariant was introduced to D2 as to make a
>>>> transition
>>>> path ... I think it was announced too.
>>>
>>> I can't find anything about it in the changelog, but maybe it was buried in the newsgroups somewhere.  W has a habit of not announcing important changes until three months later when he mentions it in passing in a reply as if everyone knew about it.
>>
>> Does anyone know about
>>
>> =this() {
>> }
>>
>> ?
>
> I read diffs of the DDoc with each new D2 release, and it wasn't mentioned there, so it was probably unreleased, yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if there was more stuff like that. :P

That reminds me ... the foo.(bar) template instantation syntax was supposedly already implemented.  I wonder if that's snuck into this release too?

--bb

Bill Baxter wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Bruno Medeiros
> <brunodomedeiros+spam@com.gmail> wrote:
>> Ary Borenszweig wrote:
>>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Lars Ivar Igesund
>>>> <larsivar@igesund.net> wrote:
>>>>> It was changed when invariant was introduced to D2 as to make a
>>>>> transition
>>>>> path ... I think it was announced too.
>>>> I can't find anything about it in the changelog, but maybe it was
>>>> buried in the newsgroups somewhere.  W has a habit of not announcing
>>>> important changes until three months later when he mentions it in
>>>> passing in a reply as if everyone knew about it.
>>> Does anyone know about
>>>
>>> =this() {
>>> }
>>>
>>> ?
>> I read diffs of the DDoc with each new D2 release, and it wasn't mentioned
>> there, so it was probably unreleased, yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if there
>> was more stuff like that. :P
> 
> That reminds me ... the foo.(bar) template instantation syntax was
> supposedly already implemented.  I wonder if that's snuck into this
> release too?
> 
> --bb
No.

Bill Baxter wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Bruno Medeiros
> <brunodomedeiros+spam@com.gmail> wrote:
>> Ary Borenszweig wrote:
>>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Lars Ivar Igesund
>>>> <larsivar@igesund.net> wrote:
>>>>> It was changed when invariant was introduced to D2 as to make a
>>>>> transition
>>>>> path ... I think it was announced too.
>>>> I can't find anything about it in the changelog, but maybe it was
>>>> buried in the newsgroups somewhere.  W has a habit of not announcing
>>>> important changes until three months later when he mentions it in
>>>> passing in a reply as if everyone knew about it.
>>> Does anyone know about
>>>
>>> =this() {
>>> }
>>>
>>> ?
>> I read diffs of the DDoc with each new D2 release, and it wasn't mentioned
>> there, so it was probably unreleased, yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if there
>> was more stuff like that. :P
> 
> That reminds me ... the foo.(bar) template instantation syntax was
> supposedly already implemented.  I wonder if that's snuck into this
> release too?
> 
> --bb

It may have been implemented in some experimental internal release, but I got the impression that the whole idea about changing the template instantiation syntax was dropped altogether, so I don't think that's coming out.

-- 
Bruno Medeiros - Software Developer, MSc. in CS/E graduate
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?BrunoMedeiros#D