• d-bugmail puremagic.com (21/21) Jan 28 2018 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18323

d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18323

          Issue ID: 18323
           Summary: deprecate `void fun(this a)` (instead: typeof(this)) ;
                     `var.init` (instead: typeof(var).init)
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Mac OS X
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P1
         Component: dmd
          Assignee: nobody puremagic.com
          Reporter: timothee.cour2 gmail.com

we should deprecate `void fun(this a)` (instead: void fun(typeof(this)a)) ;  
likewise, we should deprecate `var.init` (instead: typeof(var).init)

more controversial: we may also want to deprecate `instance.static_methor();`

it's confusing and lax, and leads to behavior that confuses some users, see
[The daily D riddle]:
https://www.mail-archive.com/digitalmars-d puremagic.com/msg230090.html

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