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reply =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Alex_R=F8nne_Petersen?= <xtzgzorex gmail.com> writes:
Hi,

Would it not be a good idea to remove the macro keyword? It doesn't seem 
like there's anything happening with the AST macros idea anyway, and 
it's an identifier that I actually find myself wanting to use 
occasionally...

Regards,
Alex
Aug 23 2011
parent reply =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Alex_R=F8nne_Petersen?= <xtzgzorex gmail.com> writes:
On 23-08-2011 15:41, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:

 Hi,

 Would it not be a good idea to remove the macro keyword? It doesn't seem
 like there's anything happening with the AST macros idea anyway, and
 it's an identifier that I actually find myself wanting to use
 occasionally...

 Regards,
 Alex


Any input on this? Especially from people hacking on DMD?

Reserving a common word like this for no purpose is not very reasonable 
IMO...

Regards,
Alex
Oct 14 2011
parent Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:
On Friday, October 14, 2011 20:49:13 Alex R=C3=B8nne Petersen wrote:

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it as a keyword again.

- Jonathan M Davis
Oct 14 2011