DIP11

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-08-12 15:56, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:04:13 -0400, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2011-08-11 21:36, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> be one-file based, you just need to have a way to map
>>> physical packages to module packages.
>>>
>>> The DIP doesn't explain all this except for the sections titled
>>> "Packaging" and "protocols"
>>
>> The DIP needs to explain this, is that the whole point?
>>
>
> The DIP focuses on the compiler changes needed + gives rudimentary
> functionality based on a simple protocol (http). I think the scope of
> work for creating the tool which does full-fledged packaging is way too
> much for the DIP, and probably would be counter productive to create a
> spec for it right now.
>
> The point of those two sections is to remind you not to think in terms
> of "this only downloads individual files via http", but to think about
> the future functinality that such a tool could provide once the compiler
> has been hooked. The details of the tool are purposely left open for
> design.
>
> -Steve

Ok, I see.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg