typedef alive and well?

[Brad Roberts]

On Thu, 3 Nov 2011, Martin Nowak wrote:

> I think we need to change the release policy to make that happen.
> Honestly the half-life period for D code using the mainline dmd
> is about a few weeks and is released on ~monthly base.
> This is a heavy restriction to attract professional development.
> 
> Currently this is creates the unlucky situation of deferring useful changes
> to some projected D3, while still breaking the D language all too often.
> 
> I think there's a lot to learn from http://python.org/download/releases/.
> For example somebody changing from Python2.5 to 2.7 is anticipating
> some breaking changes, not so much for a change from dmd2.053 to dmd2.056.
> 
> martin

While I don't disagree with the larger point, I do feel compelled to 
clarify that it's not dmd or the language that's making most of the 
backwards incompatible changes, it's phobos.

Walter has been considerably more conservative in what breaking changes 
are acceptable.