Creeping Bloat in Phobos

[bearophile via Digitalmars-d]

Walter Bright:

> It can work just fine, and I wrote it. The problem is 
> convincing someone to pull it :-( as the PR was closed and 
> reopened with autodecoding put back in.

Perhaps you need a range2 and algorithm2 modules. Introducing 
your changes in a sneaky way may not produce well working and 
predictable user code.


> I know that you care about performance - you post about it 
> often. I would expect that unnecessary and pervasive decoding 
> would be of concern to you.

I care first of all about program correctness (that's why I 
proposed unusual things like optional strong typing for built-in 
array indexes, or I proposed the "enum preconditions"). Secondly 
I care for performance in the functions or parts of code where 
performance is needed. There are plenty of code where performance 
is not the most important thing. That's why I have tons of 
range-base code. In such large parts of code having short, 
correct, nice looking code that looks correct is more important. 
Please don't assume I am simple minded :-)

Bye,
bearophile