Replace core language HexStrings with library entity

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 3/20/15 9:02 AM, Dicebot wrote:
> On Wednesday, 18 March 2015 at 00:55:45 UTC, weaselcat wrote:
>> as an addendum, vibe.d reimplements huge amounts of phobos, is there a
>> reason none of this is ever getting upstreamed?
>
> Getting something into Phobos is a huge commitment.

Not documentation.

> For something widely
> used like json library the API discissions can destroy your spare time
> in blink of an eye. Sonke actually attempted to do that at some point,
> you can see
> http://forum.dlang.org/thread/lt5s76$is$1@digitalmars.com#post-lt5s76:24is:241:40digitalmars.com
> for what happened.

What happened is that the design has been approved (I emailed Sönke 
personally) but he moved places so he didn't have time.

Yes, it is a time commitment. When it wasn't you get things like std.json.


Andrei