Milestone 1 of the sixth edition of Symmetry Autumn of Code
kicked off on September 15th! We have three coders hacking away
on D projects for the next four months. You should be reading
their first weekly forum updates very soon.
So here's what's happening this time around:
* __Replace DRuntime Hooks with Templates__: Teodor Dutu is back
for a third stint in SAOC. Not only has he worked on this project
in two previous SAOCs, he's been working on it in between when
time allows. [The abstract of his DConf '22
talk](https://dconf.org/2022/#teodord) provides an overview of
the project (or [you can skip straight to the
video](https://youtu.be/dsa8GWL6TUo)).
* __Interfacing D with C++ Associative Containers__: Emmanuel
Nyarko is a first-time SAOC participant who aims to improve D's
interface with the C++ standard library. Specifically, Emmanuel
will be working on bindings for the C++ `std::set`, `std::map`,
and `std::unordered_map` containers. Mathias Lang is the mentor.
* __Replace libdparse with the DMD Library in dfmt__: Prajwal S
N, another first-time SAOC participant, will be working towards
removing libdparse from [the dfmt
tool](https://github.com/dlang-community/dfmt) and replacing it
with DMD as a library. You may recall that Lucian Danescu did
some work in SAOC 2022 to enable DMD to be used as a replacement
for libdparse in tooling, specifically targeting D-Scanner (you
can [watch his DConf '22 talk](https://youtu.be/JYkb3PjIn4c) if
you need to refresh your memory). This new project will get us
closer to having a DMD-as-a-library tooling ecosystem.
This year's judges are Átila Neves, Robert Schadek, and Jonathan
M. Davis.
Thanks to Symmetry for continuing to fund this event every year,
and good luck to the three programmers working to improve the D
ecosystem!
