core.stdcpp

[Mike via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 06:35:18 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 8/25/2014 11:12 PM, Mike wrote:
>> The C standard library and C++ standard library are not part 
>> of D-the-language.
>> D would even be better served by putting these features in 
>> phobos as std.stdc
>> and std.stdcpp.  This would make them just as conveniently 
>> available to users,
>> and reduce the coupling between the language and the platform.
>
> It's beginning to look more and more like an stdcpp is 
> achievable.
>
> The implementation of it, however, is going to be ugly and very 
> specific to each C++ compiler. The user shouldn't need to have 
> to see that ugliness, though.
>
> It also means that implementing stdcpp is going to require 
> someone who is very willing to go spelunking around the 
> underbelly of C++ ::std:: and understand it, which is a tall 
> order.

You must have stopped reading after my first paragraph :)

I seem to have that effect :(