On 06/02/2016 09:34 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
On Thursday, 2 June 2016 at 04:42:49 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
Andrei is in favor of fixing Phobos so it does not depend on autodecode.
Putting the autodecode functions on a compiler switch (with -version) is
the most straightforward way to achieve that.
We'd have a transition period where people can keep the existing
behavior or throw the switch and get compile errors - with a dead-simple
"just add .byCodePoint on this line" fix - to migrate their code.
That is not going to happen.
It's one thing to make a mistake. Everyone does that sometimes, and
nobody is born knowing complex issues. What matters is if you're willing
to learn new information and correct your errors.
The real ticket out of this is RCStr. It solves a major problem in the
language (compulsive GC) and also a minor occasional annoyance
(autodecoding).
Andrei
