[OT] Modules dropped out of C++17

[Paulo Pinto via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 9 June 2015 at 07:49:24 UTC, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> On 09/06/15 10:21, Paulo Pinto wrote:
>
>> It is no different than extension methods in .NET, Ceylon, 
>> Kotlin,
>> multi-methods in CLOS or implicits in Scala.
> I never could understand that line of reasoning:
> Argument: So and so is bad because A
> Answer: X, Y, and Z also do so and so
>
> How is the answer clearing up anything? It completely ignores 
> the reasons why so and so was claimed to be bad.
>
>> I just mouse hover, press F12/Ctrl+Right Mouse and in less 
>> than 5s is
>> the method visible.
>
> Please see my answer to Joakim. Also, you say 5 seconds as if 
> that's a short amount of time. If it takes an automatic scanner 
> 5 seconds, it means the amount of coverage it needs to perform 
> is huge. This means that for any action that does not involve 
> the scanner (e.g. writing new code, implementing a new 
> function, deciding which function to call), you need to hold in 
> your head the amount of state it takes your scanner 5 seconds 
> to collect.
>
> Which leads me back to my original claim: this feature promotes 
> bugs.
>
> Shachar

5 seconds was just an example. Usually it is almost instantaneous.