std library hooks

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Walter Bright" <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
news:jmfqhq$6cu$1 at digitalmars.com...
> On 4/15/2012 5:27 PM, Sean Kelly wrote:
>> If you're overriding the one in the library then it has to be documented 
>> to
>> have that name. It also has to live in its own section or you can have 
>> link
>> errors.
>
> Yes, that is correct.
>
>> By comparison, hooks for commonly overridden things seems a bit
>> easier.
>
> I don't agree. Having a hook means you have to set up a pointer,

Not if it's a compile time hook as I described.

>document it,

That needs to be done anyway. The link-time "hook" system has such horrid 
semantics, diagnostics and compatibility, you're gonne need to document the 
hell out of that if you expect people to actually use it.