Development of language specification (was typedef alive and well?)

[deadalnix]

Le 04/11/2011 17:10, Martin Nowak a écrit :
> Moved to an extra thread, so it won't get lost.
>
> I propose the following process using the language specifications at
> github:d-programming-language.org.
>
> - The language specifications are made version specific (e.g. 2.6,
> partly handled by tags already).
>
> - Branches are created for the next 2(?) minor versions ahead of the
> current release cycle.
> Another one is created for the next major version.
>
> - The website should have links to specifications for different versions
> which are build from the corresponding tags/branches.
>
> - We adopt a pull based development for the language specification similar
> to that for phobos (review queue, review manager, voting).
>
> - Specs are lined with acceptance tests. Ideally this would be the code
> examples.
>
> - The compiler strives to fulfill the specs on corresponding versions.
>
> - Specs are added to the autotester.
>
> Not sure if github:d-programming-language.org can handle all this
> appropriately,
> but it seems worth a try.
>
>
> As a first test case someone could salvage the abbreviated delegate
> syntax (a => a+2).
>
> martin

I would love that ! And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. D 
definitively needs more specs.