Unofficial wish list status.(Sep 2008)

[Bill Baxter]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Don <nospam at nospam.com.au> wrote:
> Knud Soerensen wrote:
>>
>> Julio César Carrascal Urquijo wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Knud,
>>>
>>>> 124 vectorization (#10)
>>>>
>>> Array operations were just implemeted for both 1.x and 2.x versions of
>>> the compiler:
>>>
>>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/arrays.html#array-operations
>>>
>> Yes, at last dmd implement array operations they have been in the spec
>> for ages.
>> But the is still long way to go before we have full vectorization.
>
> That's such a vague statement, it's useless. Array operations implement the
> most important aspect of vectorisation. The next level can be done by
> libraries.
>
> 30  struct constructor (#97)
>
> has definitely been done.
> It's a pretty unhelpful list, though. Most of the stuff on it is too vague.

I stopped bothering to vote on that list ages ago.
I suspect most folks who've been around here any amount of time have as well.
It's a reasonable idea to have such a list, but without some serious
care and feeding it will never be much use.

--bb