On Thursday, 16 January 2014 at 01:11:23 UTC, bearophile wrote:
- To test the compiler betas to see if they have "regressions" if you try to use the new features.
This sounds somewhat paradox to me. How can a new feature have a regression? A "regression" means it has worked before, but new feature did not exist before.
Maybe the question is about "before"? In my understanding "before" is "latest release", whereas "current" is "beta release" or "git HEAD". Do you mean "before" as something like "commit deadbeef~4" whereas "current" is "commit deadbeef"?
I see nothing wrong with using code from Rosettacode to try out new features. It is weird though, if people want to test an example, you have to tell them to compile dmd from git.
In practice the difference between the uses is not that important I think, because the sheer number of code snippets and release frequency means that most examples can be compiled with the latest release no matter what bearophile does. ;)
Btw are your scripts public, bearophile?
