On 12/31/2014 12:55 PM, Ary Borenszweig wrote:
Definitely, because Markdown is not a macro system, it's a documentation tool.
I write a lot of documentation. A macro system has saved enormous amounts of
effort. Night and day, really. Not having a macro system is like using a
programming language that does not have functions.
Ketmar, for example, complained mightily about Ddoc markup. I suggested he
simply email me the Phobos documentation he wants to write, and I'd mark it up
for him and submit the PRs. He admitted he is not interested in actually writing
any documentation. Ddoc is not the real issue, at least for him.
I'll extend the same offer to you. Email me the fixed Phobos docs. I'll mark
them up and submit PRs.
The thing is, with Ddoc you don't actually have to write any markup. You can
write:
/****************************
This function does blah, blah, blah.
Blah, blah, blah is an amazing algorithm invented by I. M. Nerdly.
Params:
x = the awesome input value
Returns:
insightful description of the return value
Example:
---
int foo(int x) { ... stunning D code ... }
---
***************************/
