D as A Better C?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 2/12/14, 7:40 AM, Sean Kelly wrote:
> This would certainly be a useful feature to have when porting, and
> Walter clearly uses it himself.  Assuming this can be done with minimal
> work, I'd say make it a DMD thing rather than a D thing in general.
> Like -profile.  And add a switch to enable it in the front-end if
> possible.  Then DMD (and potentially the other compilers) will have the
> feature in case anyone finds it useful and we can move on.  Call it
> -minimal.
>
> I have a feeling we've already spent more time talking about this than
> Walter would have spent implementing it anyway, so it's already taking
> time away from other things.  Let's just give it a nod and move on.

I convinced Walter of my view on this, so he won't work on it. I trust 
that at least between the two of us we can focus on working on what 
matters most first.

Andrei