Is Bug 5710 likely to get fixed?

[Timon Gehr via Digitalmars-d]

On 06/05/2014 08:42 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:16:06 -0400, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d
> <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>
>> https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5710
>>
>> Is this likely to get fixed or is it more likely to drift along as an
>> unfixed issue?
>
> If Kenji cannot fix it, it doesn't look good for getting fixed...
>...

Why?

> It would be nice, but I agree with the statement that it shouldn't force
> the creation of a new delegate type.
>
> -Steve

There is _absolutely no reason whatsoever_ to think about creation of a 
new delegate type. The entire argument around performance implications 
for existing code and creation of new delegate types is completely 
nonsensical and both David and Martin have already pointed this out.