Phobos and older DMD versions

[Andre Artus]

On Wednesday, 7 August 2013 at 18:37:22 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote:
> On Tuesday, 6 August 2013 at 22:23:03 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
> wrote:
>> I think it should be fair to require the new compiler with the 
>> new stdlib. They are released in unison.
>>
>> Andrei
>
> I agree, but there is at least potential benefits from choosing 
> previous compiler version. If a change in compiler requires a 
> change in Phobos/druntime it also means a change in user code 
> (at least I don't see why it wouldn't).
>
> It would just be an extra layer to make upgrading from one 
> compiler to another less likely to have unintended breaking 
> changes. But this would be minor in comparison to the other 
> steps which have been taken.

You should be able to run side-by-side installations of 
dmd+phobos, at least that is how I do it. One latest stable, one 
built from GitHub source.