On Friday, 14 December 2012 at 00:42:58 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
For 1., I would guess at most something like half an hour for
a large codebase
where the feature is used pervasively (you just keep
editing/compiling until
there are no more syntax errors), which is why I can't quite
understand the fuzz
you are making about keeping the feature. And even if they
cannot switch right
now, as the Remedy guys are obviously willing to use
experimental compiler
versions, can't they just use a patched version until they
have made the switch?
Like any major user of a language, they want confidence in our
full support of them. Asking them to use a patched or branch
version of the compiler does not inspire confidence.
This is WHAT THEY ARE DOING ALREADY.
