Vote for std.process

[Manu]

On 12 April 2013 17:30, Vladimir Panteleev <vladimir at thecybershadow.net>wrote:

> On Friday, 12 April 2013 at 07:22:42 UTC, Manu wrote:
>
>> I agree that spawning processes is a low-frequency operation, but it's a
>> principle I'm trying to illustrate here.
>>
>
> My point was that it is not that it's low-frequency, it's that the OS
> process creation operation is so expensive, that a few memory allocations
> will not make much of a difference in comparison. It's the same as
> optimizing memory allocations in a program which is intrinsically disk- or
> network-bound.


Which OS are we talking about?
What OS runs on an a Nintendo Wii? There's only 24mb of system memory in
that machine, can we afford to allocate it frivolously?

Will I avoid phobos as a policy? Yes.


 You can argue whatever you like. I've said my part, and I wherever it
>> lands is not my call.
>>
>
> Well, that's just not very constructive.
>
> Your complaint in valid in general, but I was pointing out that it is not
> much so when specifically aimed at std.process.
>

I don't necessarily disagree with your point (although I don't agree
either). Perhaps in the context of std.process it's not so important... but
it's still an opportunity to set a precedent.
Honestly, any new module could have appeared for approval at this
particular moment and I would have made the same criticisms. Not
necessarily picking on std.process in particular, I'm making a point about
phobos, and what is considered acceptable.
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