Unofficial wish list status.(Jul 2008)

[Yigal Chripun]

superdan wrote:
> Don Wrote:
> 
>> Sean Kelly wrote:
>>>> so wut is that stuff u want in d. u haven't even tried d2 so it loox like u r interested more in bitchin' than in making real
>>> suggestions. now seriously. speak up. what is it that u as a member of the community wanna say and walter doesn't
>>> listen.
>>>
>>> I've tried D2.  I've read the spec as well.  I simply don't like it.  
>> By D2, I imagine you just mean "the const system"?
>> (Most of the other things in D2 seem to have been very popular; if D2- 
>> without-const was released, I reckon most of the community would start 
>> using it).
>>
>> It seems to me that the view of the community is "We though we wanted 
>> const. But now that we've seen what const involves, we don't want it.".
>>
>> At the very least, it's a public relations disaster from the point of 
>> view of the language designers. They are assuming that with more time 
>> and education, the legitimate complaints about first const system will 
>> be forgotten, and the const system will be embraced by the community.
>> But there is a very big risk here -- what if it is NOT eventually 
>> accepted? What if the community concensus remains that const is just too 
>> complicated, without enough benefit? And the language designers remain 
>> steadfastly devoted to const? That's a catastrophic scenario, and 
>> unfortunately not unlikely.
>>
>> The fact that someone as senior in the community as yourself is 
>> expressing profound dissatisfaction indicates that the risk is very real.
> 
> here's 1 problem as i c it. is d catering 2 current community exclusively? dun think so. then u want to attract other ppl from the outside world. 2 those the history of const means shit. they want a good system. c++ refugees will sure want 1. java refugees will see it as an advantage. 
> 
> p.s. also thanks don 4 all great work u've done 4 d. 

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