Why is `scope` planned for deprecation?

[via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 13 November 2014 at 13:46:20 UTC, Manu via 
Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 13 November 2014 22:01, via Digitalmars-d
> <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>> On Thursday, 13 November 2014 at 11:44:31 UTC, Manu via 
>> Digitalmars-d wrote:
> D has attribute inference, that's like, a thing now.

Yes, these days D arguments go like this:

A: "I am saying no because it would go against separate 
compilation units."

B: "I am saying yes because we have attribute inference."

A: "But when will it be implemented?"

B: "After we have resolved all issues in the bugtracker."

A: "But C++17 will be out by then!"

B: "Please don't compare D to C++, it is a unique language"

A: "And Rust will be out too!"

B: "Hey, that's a low blow. And unfair! Besides, linear types 
suck."

A: "But 'scope' is a linear type qualifier, kinda?"

B: "Ok, we will only do it as a library type then."

A: "How does that improve anything?"

B: "It changes a lot, it means Walter can focus on ironing out 
bugs and Andrei will implement it after he has fixed the GC".

A: "When will that happen?"

B: "After he is finished with adding ref counters to Phobos"

A: "I thought that was done?"

B: "Don't be unreasonable, Phobos is huge, it takes at least 6 
months! Besides, it is obvious that we need to figure out how to 
do scope before completing ref counting anyway."

A: "I agree…Where were we?"

B: "I'm not sure. I'll try to find time to write a DIP."


> I don't see anything in C++11/14/17 that looks like they'll 
> salvage
> the language from the sea of barely decipherable template mess 
> and
> endless boilerplate. It seems they're getting deeper into that
> madness, not less.

Stuff like auto on return types etc makes it easier and less 
verbose when dealing with templated libraries.

Unfortunately, I guess I can't use it on my next project anyway, 
since I need to support iOS5.1 which probably means XCode… 4? 
Sigh…

That's one of the things that annoy me with C++, the long tail 
for being able to use the new features.

> I spent the last 2 days doing some string processing in C++...
> possibly the least fun I've ever had programming. Somehow I 
> used to
> find it tolerable!

Ack… I try to stick to binary formats. Strings are only fun in 
languages like Python (and possibly Haskell).