Steven Schveighoffer Wrote: > On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:16:13 -0500, Steve Teale > <steve.te...@britseyeview.com> wrote: > > > > Andrei, > > > > Maybe it is time that the structure of the standard library became more > > generalized. At the moment we have std... and core... > > > > Perhaps we need another branch in the hierarchy, like ranges... Then > > there could be a std.range module that was the gateway into ranges... > > The library could then expand in an orderly fashion, with a wider range > > of users becoming responsible for the maintenance of of different > > branches against changes in the language, not against changes in fashion. > > > > Then you could have ranges.regex, that suits you, and the people who > > were happy with the status quo, could continue to use std.regexp, which > > should continue to behave like it did in DMD2.029 or whatever it was > > when I wrote my 'legacy' code. > > > > The current system, where modules of the library can get arbitrarily > > deprecated and at some point removed because they are unfashionable, is > > very unfriendly. > > > > I recognize that you are young, hyper-intelligent, and motivated toward > > fame. But there are other users, like me, who are older, but not senile, > > and have more conservative attitudes, including the desire to use code > > they wrote in the past at some point in the future. > > The standard library should not have something to please everyone. If > there is 5 different styles to do the same thing, it will be a failure. > > Can you just copy std.regex from 2.029 and compile it in your project? > I.e. instead of phobos adding range branch for the new range style, you > add branch Teale for your style and copy what you like in there. Then you > have what you want (may take a little effort on your part, but then you > control the results). > > Also, 2.029 is still available via download, you can still use it. > > -Steve
Yes Steve, of course I can, but other much more popular languages like for instance PHP seem to do OK with the suit-everyone style. I am just upset that code I put a lot of effort into gets broken because somebody else does not like the style of the library. Which should be preserved - style, or substance? Steve