Beta 2.098.0

[Imperatorn]

On Wednesday, 20 October 2021 at 05:08:51 UTC, max haughton wrote:
> On Wednesday, 20 October 2021 at 01:48:24 UTC, Walter Bright 
> wrote:
>> On 10/19/2021 6:35 AM, Timon Gehr wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>> 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.
>
> Why is compiling zlib a goalpost for *Import*C? Hopefully that 
> doesn't make it "finished, because that goalpost has almost  no 
> effect on the issues actually plaguing C interop at the moment 
> - i.e. the preprocessor.

I interpreted it as "a goalpost", not *the* goal. I hope at least 
🍀

ImportC has the potential to be really powerful. But maybe the 
later steps doesn't have to be made by Walter?