The new std.process is ready for review

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Sunday, February 24, 2013 13:06:00 Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
> 24-Feb-2013 12:05, Andrei Alexandrescu пишет:
> > On 2/24/13 6:26 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> >> Phobos modules which already use std.process would have to be changed
> >> to directly import std.process1 or std.process2.
> > 
> > This is problematic as has been discussed. I think we could address
> > immediate needs by attaching an attribute to import, e.g.:
> > 
> > @"v2.070+" import std.process;
> > 
> > or similar. By default code would import the old library.
> 
> The same could be achieved by simply using old version of
> compiler+druntime+phobos to compile old project.
> 
> I don't get the desire to keep old junk forever. A year or two - maybe.
> More then this is just insane.

I agree, but it _is_ more than a question of keeping old junk around in this 
case. We need a we to transition cleanly, and the only way at present that 
that means not breaking code is to put the new std.process somewhere other 
than std.process, since if we put it in std.process, it would mean breaking a 
lot of code which uses the current std.process, forcing everyone to stick with 
the old compiler until they'd updated their code. And we don't want that.

Whether the old std.process sticks around for more than a year or two is 
therefore a separate matter from what we name the new std.process unless we 
add a feature like Andrei is suggesting.

- Jonathan M Davis