Am Tue, 03 Nov 2015 08:08:26 +0000 schrieb yawniek <dl...@srtnwz.com>:
> i have seen many PR's and also Forum entries that deal with the > problem of newer features of the compiler not being able and then > patching or working around that to support older compiler > versions. > > since it is really easy to keep up with compiler versions and > even switch > (and not many features are being removed from dmd) what are good > reasons to keep backward compatiblity? > > the latest example i saw was replacing groupBy by a loop to keep > compatiblity with 2.066. > while not a big thing, it adds up. > I guess it's to be compatible with the latest DMD, LDC and GDC. GDC currently only provides the 2.066.1 frontend.
