Issue 12801: Document the existence of the virtual keyword

[Hackerpilot]

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12801

[ghost]

It's actually going away. :o)

[MartinNowak]

I've haven't tracked the discussions around virtual, so I'm not sure about this.

[Hackerpilot]

I don't know if anybody is sure about this. I know that as of right now the code for virtual being a keyword is in DMD master, so there should be documentation in dlang.org master.

[ghost]

Well

[ghost]

Oops, incomplete comment. Anywho, @andralex can confirm removal of this short-lived fearure.

[Hackerpilot]

It has been a week and the code for virtual being a keyword is still in the DMD repository.
@WalterBright, what's going on with this?

[Orvid]

I've not seen any discussion on virtual being removed as a keyword, did I miss something somewhere? (last I checked, the PR to remove the virtual keyword was already closed)

[nomad-software]

Surely the virtual keyword would need to remain if final by default is ever implemented?

[Kapps]

Final by default is not getting implemented.

[nomad-software]

Really? I thought there was a discussion on this? Was there a consensus?

[CyberShadow]

AIUI, Andrei put his foot down back in March:
http://forum.dlang.org/post/lfrdst$oav$1@digitalmars.com

[nomad-software]

Ah right, I missed that thanks.

[dnadlinger]

I opened a DMD PR to remove the attribute again, based on the current discussion: dlang/dmd#3663