Talk:D (programming language): Difference between revisions

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== In regards to the preprocessor section that keeps getting added ==

There are several problems with it, it is [[WP:CITE|unreferenced]], uses [[WP:WEASEL|weasel words]], uses second-person pronouns, and even contains a note to the person who has been removing it (such discussions should take place here on the talk page). I would encourage the writer of this section to try and fix these problems, but there is one last issue with this section that makes it impossible to fix; it, by its very nature is not [[WP:NPOV|neutral]]. The lack of a preprocessor is in fact cited as an advantage of D on the Digital Mars site. Anything that can be done with the C/C++ preprocessor can be done with D constructs such as <precode>enum</precode>, <precode>import</precode>, <precode>alias</precode>, and <precode>static if</precode>, except for the things that the programmer shouldn't be doing in the first place such as redefining syntax. Also the example given in the section of changing a method call into a property can already be done in D as D allows for methods to be called as properties. So it really is unfair to say that D's lack of a preprocessor is a disadvantage.[[user:Jeff02|-Jeff]] ^{[[user talk:Jeff02|(talk)]]} 17:20, 23 August 2009 (UTC)