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On Tuesday, 8 April 2014 at 19:09:55 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> 1. Is the current design damaging enough (= allows enough 
> wrong/buggy code to pass through) to warrant a breaking 
> tightening?

No.

> 2. To what extent can library-based approaches help?

Depends on how specific compilers can optimise all the aggregate 
type boilerplate away. Potentially a lot, though in somewhat ugly 
way.

> 3. What is the priority of improving enums in the larger 
> picture of other things we must do?

Very low in my opinion, compared to other issues.