What library functionality would you most like to see in D?

Jimmy Cao jcao219 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 2 08:35:18 PDT 2011


2011/8/2 so <so at so.so>

> On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:51:56 +0300, Brad Roberts <
> braddr at slice-2.puremagic.com> wrote:
>
>  I don't think that any gui library belongs in phobos because there's
>> essentially no agreement about what cross-platform library is standard.
>> Pick any random 10 gui developers about what library they used (assuming
>> they do anything cross-platform) and you'll get more than 1 answer.  I'd
>> be shocked if you get a clear enough majority to suggest 1 that'd make a
>> big set of people happy.
>>
>> Sorry, the gui library landscape just doesn't approach being obvious
>> enough to be in the standard library.
>>
>> My 2 cents,
>> Brad
>>
>>
> I agree, GUIs (and other huge libraries that everyone has their own
> favorite) don't belong standard library. Other languages get away with it
> because they are either platform themselves or support only one platform.
> Another reason not to include them to the standard library, remember phobos
> has rules (we might need to change many things).
> But if we have something small, simple and cross-platform somewhere, why
> not!
>

If a GUI library were included in Phobos, that would make D a much better
competitor against C#.  That's why I hope such an inclusion would be
possible in the future.  I see why it might not be possible, though.
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