Re: Some standard protocols in Phobos

2011-12-14 Thread bearophile
Jesse Phillips: > The others, I'm not sure what it is solving that isn't addressed > by actually having it in Phobos (Why not have matrices and not just their > protocol?). The focus of my post was mostly on the protocol for images. The problem with having actual code in Phobos is that a good

Re: Some standard protocols in Phobos

2011-12-13 Thread bcs
On 12/13/2011 06:46 PM, Jesse Phillips wrote: On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:07:37 -0800, bcs wrote: Likely the easiest way to ram that in in would be to pick one, design an interface, implement 3-5 concrete examples and submit a pull request. I.e. create a de-facto standard. I think there is already

Re: Some standard protocols in Phobos

2011-12-13 Thread bcs
On 12/12/2011 11:13 PM, bearophile wrote: Brad Roberts: The best way to get something done is to do it. I think the point of view about your opinion differers across different nations of the world. That POV leads to results like: http://delight.sourceforge.net/ Before doing things some peop

Re: Some standard protocols in Phobos

2011-12-13 Thread Jesse Phillips
On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:07:37 -0800, bcs wrote: > Likely the easiest way to ram that in in would be to pick one, design an > interface, implement 3-5 concrete examples and submit a pull request. > I.e. create a de-facto standard. > > I think there is already one in the works for DBs . Haha, it is

Re: Some standard protocols in Phobos

2011-12-12 Thread bearophile
Brad Roberts: > The best way to get something done is to do it. I think the point of view about your opinion differers across different nations of the world. That POV leads to results like: http://delight.sourceforge.net/ Before doing things some people want to discuss if it's a good idea, and

Re: Some standard protocols in Phobos

2011-12-12 Thread Brad Roberts
On 12/12/2011 8:46 PM, bcs wrote: > Let me clarify what I was trying to say: What he said. :o) Let me rephrase your clarification. :) The best way to get something done is to do it. Throwing out an idea and hoping someone else does it for you is fairly ineffective.

Re: Some standard protocols in Phobos

2011-12-12 Thread bcs
On 12/12/2011 08:17 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote: On Monday, December 12, 2011 20:07:37 bcs wrote: On 12/12/2011 04:55 AM, bearophile wrote: I think it will eventually become important to have some standard protocols in Phobos, like one for images like this: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep

Re: Some standard protocols in Phobos

2011-12-12 Thread Jonathan M Davis
On Monday, December 12, 2011 20:07:37 bcs wrote: > On 12/12/2011 04:55 AM, bearophile wrote: > > I think it will eventually become important to have some standard > > protocols in Phobos, like one for images like this: > > http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0368/ > > &g

Re: Some standard protocols in Phobos

2011-12-12 Thread bcs
On 12/12/2011 04:55 AM, bearophile wrote: I think it will eventually become important to have some standard protocols in Phobos, like one for images like this: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0368/ Do you like? and similar ones for: - matrices - basic 2D pixel-oriented graphics. - basic

Re: Some standard protocols in Phobos

2011-12-12 Thread Simen Kjærås
On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:55:53 +0100, bearophile wrote: I think it will eventually become important to have some standard protocols in Phobos, like one for images like this: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0368/ Do you like? and similar ones for: - matrices - basic 2D pixel-oriented

Re: Some standard protocols in Phobos

2011-12-12 Thread Somedude
Le 12/12/2011 13:55, bearophile a écrit : > I think it will eventually become important to have some standard protocols > in Phobos, like one for images like this: > http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0368/ > > Do you like? > > and similar ones for: > - matrices >

Some standard protocols in Phobos

2011-12-12 Thread bearophile
I think it will eventually become important to have some standard protocols in Phobos, like one for images like this: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0368/ Do you like? and similar ones for: - matrices - basic 2D pixel-oriented graphics. - basic database usage Bye, bearophile