Import concerns revisited

[Walter Bright]

Derek Parnell wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:39:31 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:
> 
>> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>> All I've heard in this discussion is proponents for these two changes, with the
>>> exception of Walter, of course.
>> There are a lot more D users than people who post here. I hear from them 
>> when I make a change that breaks their code, and they are rarely happy 
>> about it.
> 
> I can understand that.

I also want to add that it's considered generally true that if you hear 
a complaint from one person, there's probably another 25 who have the 
same complaint but don't bother to complain - they just go away.


> If I may be so bold as to say that you really ought
> to telegraph your intentions in detail before implementing them. Especially
> stuff which has the potential to break otherwise conformant code.
> 
> So ... what are you planning for imports and when might we see any changes?

I'll take Sean's suggestion and let things cool down a bit first. 
Decisions made when feelings are running high tend to be rotten ones <g>.