[OT] Modules dropped out of C++17

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 6/8/2015 8:52 PM, Joakim wrote:
> They could do something like D when it jumped to 2.0, except with better
> migration paths.  With some careful planning and automated source conversion
> tools nowadays, it doesn't have to be that bad.  The idea is you keep the C++
> knowledge that is accumulated by all those devs over the years, but make
> breaking changes that allow the language to get much better and cleaner.  One of
> the main changes I'd pursue is getting rid of the preprocessor, though I don't
> know how feasible that is.

It's feasible.

For example, they could introduce version and static if to replace conditional 
compilation.