Flag proposal

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 6/10/11 5:25 PM, Michel Fortin wrote:
> On 2011-06-10 17:04:42 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> said:
>
>> On 6/10/11 3:34 PM, Michel Fortin wrote:
>>> If you want something to be used everywhere and it is not an
>>> implementation detail, make it part of the language. Implementing what
>>> sounds should be a language feature through a template hack and putting
>>> it the standard library is not going to make people feel good about the
>>> language, it'll remind them of what the language is missing.
>>
>> The problem with the "hack" label is that it instantly decreases the
>> level of the conversation. It's the "N" word of programming.
>
> A hack is something that works even though it's ugly and generally cause
> people to call for something better. I'm not opposed to using hacks as
> long as they're well-encapsulated and not too fragile, but in this case
> I find the encapsulation is leaky since you need to litter your code
> with Flag!"" everywhere.

https://github.com/andralex/phobos/commit/84c75336a4ef04b4c3b1924d7ac9329e744ab8e7

Andrei