Standard Library Concerns (Phobos / Tango)

[Derek Parnell]

On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:49:17 -0400, Tim Burrell wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> It seems that even though Phobos is open source, it's difficult for
> people to contribute to.  Patch submissions aren't being accepted as
> readily as they should be, and bugs remain even months after having a
> fix submitted by users.

Yes, this has been a long standing issue with Phobos development.

> Not to mention that it's confusing for new users to have to deal with
> two standard libraries.  I think it would be a really good thing for the
> language as a whole if there were only one standard library.

Yes, of course.

> My personal opinion is that Walter should let go of Phobos and adopt
> Tango as the official standard library.  I know there are people out
> there that prefer the Phobos API over Tango's, but I have a feeling that
> if Walter asked the Tango people to maintain the Tangobos base as the
> official standard library for D they would be okay with that.

I have not been 'converted' to the Tango style of coding as I still prefer
the old-fashioned Phobos style, but that is just a discipline issue. I
would happily use Tango if it were the One True (tm) standard D library,
however, at least for D1 users and for existing Phobos apps, we would need
a Tangobos for a while too.

The main issues for me is that whatever standard library is in place, that
it is maintained in a timely manner (including documentation) and contains
the functionality that I need to use. Phobos has yet to achieve this for
me.

-- 
Derek
(skype: derek.j.parnell)
Melbourne, Australia
7/02/2008 10:22:23 AM