Any chance to call Tango as Extended Standard Library

[Denis Koroskin]

On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:48:14 +0300, Piotrek <starpit at tlen.pl> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> It's just an idea. After reading about issues on disallowing DWT to stay  
> in standardization area (Anomaly on Wiki4D GuiLibraries page) some  
> question appeared in my mind. For propaganda sake isn't it better to not  
> make such a big division between phobos and tango in the module naming?  
> Logically:
>
> phobos -> std
> tango  -> stdex (not tango -> tango)
>
>
> Module naming example:
> import std.stdio;
> import std.string;
>
> import stdex.io.Stdout;
> import stdex.text.Util;
>
> Doesn't it look fine? (Also note that alphabetical order is preserved).
>
> After all tango is a standard library. Currently from incomer/observer  
> point of view tango could be seen as an rebel initiative. But thanks to  
> druntime phobos and tango can live in harmony and take advantage of each  
> other.
> Another good thing is that one could write in his project documentation:
> Extended Standard Library (Tango) needed
> instead of
> Tango library needed.
>
> In addition some information could be added on the digitalmars.com  
> website.
>
> Cheers

I like the idea.

Other thing I constantly think about is that once Tango is ported to D2, it should start being distributed alongside the Phobos (just the way it comes with LDC). I believe there are a lot of advantages for Tango library developers, its users and D in general.