On 6/2/16 9:09 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 06/02/2016 09:05 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
On 6/1/16 6:24 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 06/01/2016 06:09 PM, ZombineDev wrote:
Deprecating front, popFront and empty for narrow
strings is what we are talking about here.
That will not happen. Walter and I consider the cost excessive and the
benefit too small.
If this doesn't happen, then all this push to change anything in Phobos
is completely wasted effort.
Really? "Anything"?
The push to make Phobos only use byDchar (or any other band-aid fixes
for this issue) is what I meant by anything. not "anything" anything :)
As long as arrays aren't treated like
arrays, we will have to deal with auto-decoding.
You can change string literals to be something other than arrays, and
then we have a path forward. But as long as char[] is not an array, we
have lost the battle of sanity.
Yeah, it's a miracle the language stays glued eh.
I mean as far as narrow strings are concerned. To have the language tell
me, yes, char[] is an array with a .length member, but hasLength is
false? What, str[4] works, but isRandomAccessRange is false?
Maybe it's more Orwellian than insane: Phobos is saying 2 + 2 = 5 ;)
Your post is a prime example that this thread has lost the battle of
sanity. I'll destroy you in person tonight.
It's the cynicism of talking/debating about this for years and years and
not seeing any progress. We can discuss of course, and see who gets
destroyed :)
And yes, I'm about to kill this thread from my newsreader, since it's
wasting too much of my time...
-Steve
