On 17 May 2016 16:21, "Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-announce" < digitalmars-d- announce@ puremagic.com> wrote: > > On 5/17/16 10:06 AM, Jack Stouffer wrote: >> >> http:// jackstou ffer.com/ blog/ d_auto_ decoding_ and_you.html >> >> Based on the recent thread in General, I wrote this blog post that's designed to be part beginner tutorial, part objective record of the debate over it, and finally my opinions on the matter. >> >> When I first learned about auto-decoding, I was kinda miffed that there wasn't anything in the docs or on the website that went into more detail. So I wrote this in order to introduce people who are getting into D to the concept, it's benefits, and downsides. When people are confused in Learn why typeof(s.front) == dchar then this can just be linked to them. >> >> If you think there should be any more information included in the article, please let me know so I can add it. Based on the recent thread in General, I wrote this blog post that's designed to be part beginner tutorial, part objective record of the debate over it, and finally my opinions on the matter.When I first learned about auto-decoding, I was kinda miffed that there wasn't anything in the docs or on the website that went into more detail. So I wrote this in order to introduce people who are getting into D to the concept, it's benefits, and downsides. When people are confused in Learn why typeof(s.front) == dchar then this can just be linked to them.If you think there should be any more information included in the article, please let me know so I can add it. > > > Starting to read it, see errors in your examples: > > is(s[0] == immutable char) -> is(typeof(s[0]) == immutable(char)) > is(s.front == dchar) -> is(typeof(s.front()) == dchar) > > I'm not sure if you need the parens after front, but if it's not marked On 5/17/16 10:06 AM, Jack Stouffer wrote:Starting to read it, see errors in your examples:is(s[0] == immutable char) -> is(typeof(s[0]) == immutable(char))is(s.front == dchar) -> is(typeof(s.front()) == dchar)I'm not sure if you need the parens after front, but if it's not marked > > -Steve If I remember correctly adding the brackets then goes against best practices because you can't be sure the underlying implementation of a range is using a function for .front.