D2 std.conv to D1 please

2009-05-27 Thread Saaa
I've been wanting to write a D-styled data format module but just got extremely discouraged :) Most of the functionality I need for this is already available in D2's std.conv. Is it possible to add this functionality into D1's std.conv?

Re: D2 std.conv to D1 please

2009-06-09 Thread Don
Saaa wrote: Why can't this be in official Phobos1? It's a ploy from the D2 camp, right? :) If by "ploy" you mean "Walter's official stance not to change D1 or Phobos 1," then yes, it's a ploy. But that's a bit harsh, no? I fixed it to how I meant it. But I do find it a tad strange. What di

Re: D2 std.conv to D1 please

2009-06-10 Thread Jason House
Don Wrote: > Saaa wrote: > >> Why can't this be in official Phobos1? > >> It's a ploy from the D2 camp, right? :) > > > >> If by "ploy" you mean "Walter's official stance not to change D1 or > >> Phobos 1," then yes, it's a ploy. But that's a bit harsh, no? > > I fixed it to how I meant it. > >

Re: D2 std.conv to D1 please

2009-06-10 Thread Bill Baxter
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Saaa wrote: > I've been wanting to write a D-styled data format module but just got > extremely discouraged :) > Most of the functionality I need for this is already available in D2's > std.conv. > Is it possible to add this functionality into D1's std.conv? The ds

Re: D2 std.conv to D1 please

2009-06-10 Thread Bill Baxter
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Bill Baxter wrote: > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Saaa wrote: >> I've been wanting to write a D-styled data format module but just got >> extremely discouraged :) >> Most of the functionality I need for this is already available in D2's >> std.conv. >> Is it po

Re: D2 std.conv to D1 please

2009-05-27 Thread Jarrett Billingsley
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Saaa wrote: > I've been wanting to write a D-styled data format module but just got > extremely discouraged :) > Most of the functionality I need for this is already available in D2's > std.conv. > Is it possible to add this functionality into D1's std.conv? > > >

Re: D2 std.conv to D1 please

2009-05-27 Thread Saaa
> > Have a look at std2. It's a backporting of some features of Phobos 2, > including some of the new std.conv, to D1: > > http://www.dsource.org/projects/std2 Looks nice! Why can't this be in official Phobos1? It's a ploy from the D2 camp, right?

Re: D2 std.conv to D1 please

2009-05-27 Thread Saaa
> Why can't this be in official Phobos1? Especially because the documentation gets more and more outdated the further D2 progresses from 2.008 :(

Re: D2 std.conv to D1 please

2009-05-27 Thread Jarrett Billingsley
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Saaa wrote: >> >> Have a look at std2.  It's a backporting of some features of Phobos 2, >> including some of the new std.conv, to D1: >> >> http://www.dsource.org/projects/std2 > > Looks nice! > Why can't this be in official Phobos1? > It's a ploy from the D2 camp

Re: D2 std.conv to D1 please

2009-05-27 Thread Saaa
> Why can't this be in official Phobos1? > It's a ploy from the D2 camp, right? :) >If by "ploy" you mean "Walter's official stance not to change D1 or >Phobos 1," then yes, it's a ploy. But that's a bit harsh, no? I fixed it to how I meant it. But I do find it a tad strange. What disadvantage