Programming in D

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Chapters

• Foreword by Andrei Alexandrescu
• Preface
• The Hello World Program     main
• writeln and write
• Compilation
• Fundamental Types     char int double (and more)
• Assignment and Order of Evaluation     =
• Variables
• Standard Input and Output Streams     stdin stdout
• Reading from the Standard Input
• Logical Expressions     bool true false ! == != < <= > >= || &&
• if Statement     if else
• while Loop     while continue break
• Integers and Arithmetic Operations     ++ -- + - * / % ^^ += -= *= /= %= ^^=
• Floating Point Types     .nan .infinity isNaN
• Arrays     [] .length ~ ~=
• Characters     char wchar dchar
• Slices and Other Array Features     .. $ .dup capacity
• Strings     char[] wchar[] dchar[] string wstring dstring
• Redirecting Standard Input and Output Streams
• Files     File
• auto and typeof     auto typeof
• Name Scope
• for Loop     for
• Ternary Operator ?:     ?:
• Literals
• Formatted Output     writef writefln
• Formatted Input
• do-while Loop     do while
• Associative Arrays     .keys .values .byKey .byValue .byKeyValue .get .remove in
• foreach Loop     foreach .byKey .byValue .byKeyValue
• switch and case     switch, case, default, final switch
• enum     enum .min .max
• Functions     return void
• Immutability     enum const immutable .dup .idup
• Value Types and Reference Types     &
• Function Parameters     in out ref inout lazy scope shared
• Lvalues and Rvalues     auto ref
• Lazy Operators
• Program Environment     main stderr
• Exceptions     throw try catch finally
• scope     scope(exit) scope(success) scope(failure)
• assert and enforce     assert enforce
• Unit Testing     unittest
• Contract Programming     in out
• Lifetimes and Fundamental Operations
• The null Value and the is Operator     null is !is
• Type Conversions     to assumeUnique cast
• Structs     struct . {} static, static this, static ~this
• Variable Number of Parameters     T[]... __MODULE__ __FILE__ __LINE__ __FUNCTION__ (and more)
• Function Overloading
• Member Functions     toString
• const ref Parameters and const Member Functions     const ref, in ref, inout
• Constructor and Other Special Functions     this ~this this(this) opAssign @disable
• Operator Overloading     opUnary opBinary opEquals opCmp opIndex (and more)
• Classes     class new
• Inheritance     : super override abstract
• Object     toString opEquals opCmp toHash typeid TypeInfo
• Interfaces     interface static final
• destroy and scoped     destroy scoped
• Modules and Libraries     import, module, static this, static ~this
• Encapsulation and Protection Attributes     private protected public package
• Universal Function Call Syntax (UFCS)
• Properties
• Contract Programming for Structs and Classes     invariant
• Templates
• Pragmas
• alias and with     alias with
• alias this     alias this
• Pointers     * &
• Bit Operations     ~ & | ^ >> >>> <<
• Conditional Compilation     debug, version, static if, static assert, __traits
• is Expression     is()
• Function Pointers, Delegates, and Lambdas     function delegate => toString
• foreach with Structs and Classes     opApply empty popFront front (and more)
• Nested Functions, Structs, and Classes     static
• Unions     union
• Labels and goto     goto
• Tuples     tuple Tuple AliasSeq .tupleof foreach
• More Templates     template opDollar opIndex opSlice
• More Functions     inout pure nothrow @nogc @safe @trusted @system CTFE __ctfe
• Mixins     mixin
• Ranges     InputRange ForwardRange BidirectionalRange RandomAccessRange OutputRange
• More Ranges     isInputRange ElementType hasLength inputRangeObject (and more)
• static foreach
• Parallelism     parallel task asyncBuf map amap reduce
• Message Passing Concurrency     spawn thisTid ownerTid send receive (and more)
• Data Sharing Concurrency     synchronized, shared, shared static this, shared static ~this
• Fibers     call yield
• Memory Management     calloc realloc emplace destroy .alignof
• User Defined Attributes (UDA)     @
• Operator Precedence