What's missing from Phobos for Orbit (package manager)

[Walter Bright]

On 2/14/2013 1:00 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:57:25 -0500, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2013-02-14 15:28, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>
>>> Would this work?
>>>
>>> bool any(R)(R r) if(isInputRange!R) { return !r.empty;}
>>
>> Yes, I already have something similar. Actually I have this:
>>
>> @property bool any (T) (T value) if (__traits(compiles, { bool a =
>> value.empty; }))
>> {
>>      return !value.empty;
>> }
>
> OK, here is what I suggest:
>
> 1. put all these "helper" trivial functions inside a module, call it orbithelper.

Sounds like a good idea.

> 2. If phobos obtains these functions, remove them from orbithelper, and import
> the correct version.

+1

> The other things, such as xml, I think are more troublesome.  This seems like a
> trivial problem with a trivial solution.

Yup.