Remove long and unsigned long from the D language
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Description
> Ah, so maybe let's just remove `long` and `unsigned long` to avoid any other confusion.
Sounds like a good idea -- but probably for another pull request. There's likely some false positives, but it looks nontrivial:
```
profzoom@peg-amy:~/src/macaulay2/M2/M2/Macaulay2/d$ grep long * | wc -l
286
```
_Originally posted by @d-torrance in https://github.com/Macaulay2/M2/issues/1730#issuecomment-750431832_
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Research direction
Start in the M2/M2/Macaulay2/d directory and review the 286 `long` matches reported by the issue's grep command. Separate genuine `long` and `unsigned long` uses from false positives before determining the full scope. Done means the intended D-language types are removed without changing unrelated matches.
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Assessment
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
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- Stale
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