Beta 2.098.0

Walter Bright newshound2 at digitalmars.com
Wed Oct 20 01:48:24 UTC 2021


On 10/19/2021 6:35 AM, Timon Gehr wrote:
> I think @live is a dead end and any further work on it is probably wasted unless 
> the code is reusable for some other feature. Ownership is a property of values, 
> not of functions operating on those values. In particular, prioritizing ImportC 
> over @live is the right call. ImportC is high-impact and Walter has a lot of 
> relevant expertise.

Timon and I famously disagree over the concept behind @live.

Nevertheless, we do agree that ImportC is more important.

Iain and I have decided that changing the build process so that Phobos' zlib 
code is built with dmd rather than gcc is going to be our goalpost for declaring 
ImportC ready to use.


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