Deprecated Library Functions / Methods

[Chris]

There have been quite a few changes since 2.051 and I cannot 
stick to that version, because I would introduce more deprecated 
code. I wanted to update my code but saw in the library that 
again loads of methods were scheduled for deprecation. So what's 
the point?

Changes are necessary and I think they are reasonable (like the 
regex algorithm), but as a developer who uses D, you need some 
sort of security, i.e. that your code won't break in a few 
months' time. I really appreciate the fantastic work on D, but 
sometimes it seems to me like a "code laboratory" where 
programmers test certain ideas, algorithms, approaches etc, which 
would be fine for a college project. But if you have to use and 
work with the library to develop real world applications, it's a 
nightmare. If this doesn't change, I fear D will never take off. 
Most frameworks at least "tolerate" deprecated functions until 
developers have time to update their code.