Bug 8782 – D lexer do not understand unicode char … for variadic

D lexer do not understand unicode char … for variadic. from some keayboard layout is faster to write … than ... ________________________________________ import std.stdio; import std.algorithm; import std.array; void main( ){ immutable int[] a = [4, 6, 1, 2,]; immutable int[] b = cast(immutable) a.dup .sort!( (x,y) => x < y ) .array; writeln( b ); }

(In reply to comment #0) > D lexer do not understand unicode char … for variadic. > > from some keayboard layout is faster to write … than ... > ________________________________________ > > import std.stdio; > import std.algorithm; > import std.array; > > void main( ){ > immutable int[] a = [4, 6, 1, 2,]; > immutable int[] b = cast(immutable) a.dup > .sort!( (x,y) => x < y ) > .array; > writeln( b ); > } oops bad paste sorry ________________________________________ import std.stdio; void foo( int[] params … ){ foreach( param; params ) writeln( praram ); } void main(){ foo( 1, 2, 3, 4 ); }

The idea of using unicode glyphs in source code is interesting, and I think the now dead Fortress shows it's useful if done well. But introducing such change in D, and requiring a smart editor, just for a single symbol is a bit too much for too much little.

I agree with bearophile. While D is a fully unicode language, the rest of the programming ecosystem is not there yet, and it would just be grief to make such changes now. Maybe in 10 years.