On Tuesday, 25 November 2014 at 14:29:12 UTC, ponce wrote:
Better XML parsers/JSON parsers/serialization/argument parsers exist outside of Phobos currently, and in my opinion maybe they didn't belong there in the first place.
Yes, it is often a good idea to standardize after solutions have been established.
Creating a good logger is harder than it sounds like as the logger have to used by everyone or else you have to deal with N incompatible versions in the same project due to different libraries using different loggers.
Starting with the interface with no performant proof of concept means you go for a long run. Starting with an existing performant solution and abstracting it into a cleaner interface would reach completion faster and with less risk of hitting gotchas later.
A logger that isn't good enough for just about everyone will become dead weight as people will gravitate towards an external adhoc standard solution instead (re Tango vs Phobos).
