Make dub part of the standard dmd distribution

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d]

On 3/06/2015 1:33 a.m., ketmar wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 22:30:47 +1200, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
>
>>> * non-windows, as dll support on windows is still not here, i believe.
>>
>> I've been able to do it a little bit already with my Web server. Haven't
>> hit its limit so far. In other words as long as exceptions aren't used
>> and its never unloaded, should be ok. Anyway, do you really think we
>> would get that sort of support for a couple of releases?
>
> it seems that nobody on windows really needs that. ;-)
>
>
>> Indeed lets. But can we also not go modifying the language? I'm just
>> suggesting injecting of symbols that execute compiler side actions. Your
>> suggesting language changes. Even if it is a new pragma.
>
> actually, no language changes at all. CTFE is already here, and it is
> used in semantic analysis stage. there are no changes to the language,
> besides adding some hooks and defining an API. it's invisible from the
> user's POV and doesn't require changing of specs. now CTFE is started
> explicitly, by using mixins and template evaluation. with my idea it will
> be started implicitly when some condition is met. sure, that conditions
> must be documented, but it will not change the language drastically.

Nope, it can be just another function call.

------
auto something(string text);

@something("...")
void another() {

}
------

Where something is specified on the compiler side.
UDA's + static assert imply compile time literals, which is what we want.

Something that is important to note is, these symbols like something 
defined by the compiler should never hit the backend. If they are 
referenced they should be forced to be called.

>> We really need to toy with these ideas properly and implement each. Then
>> its just a matter of time to convince the higher ups that it should be
>> merged.
>
> yes, i believe that this is the best approach. implement both and let the
> best solution win in a honest competition. ;-)
>
> i don't feel very creative right now, but implementing that idea is in my
> TODO list, and it's not at the bottom of list. so eventually (month? two?
> ten years?) i'll write a PoC.

I think we want something very similar. We just haven't quite merged our 
ideas just yet.