On Friday, 24 April 2015 at 02:09:06 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 4/23/2015 6:26 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
I agree it should have been done, not saying it's OK to break
the process in
some cases. I'm just explaining why it probably happened the
way it did.
Yes, it should have been done. We screwed up.
It's time that we agree on/document an official deprecation
approach and rigorously enforce it, making as few exceptions as
possible. As it stands now, everyone follows their own policy.
Any volunteer to put this in a DIP?