DIP74 - where is at?

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On Saturday, 10 October 2015 at 23:25:49 UTC, Manu wrote:
> So I have another upcoming opportunity to introduce D in my 
> workplace, this time as a front-end/plugin language to our C++ 
> infrastructure, which is promising since I already have 
> considerable experience in this area (my work at Remedy with 
> Quantum Break), and there is a lot of recent work to interact 
> better with C++, which we will stress-test extensively.
>
> You only get so many shots at this; but this is a particularly 
> promising opportunity, since the C++ code is a nightmare, and 
> the contrast against D will allow a lot of coders to see the 
> advantage.
>
> There is however one critical missing feature, DIP74... where 
> is it at currently? How is it going? Is it likely to be 
> accepted in the near-term? Some sort of approximate timeline?
>
> I think it would be a mistake for me to introduce this without 
> DIP74, since we will rely on it VERY heavily, and the machinery 
> to work-around it will start to look just as heavy-weight as 
> the C++ code I'm trying to deprecate... but then waiting on it 
> starts to look like missing the window of opportunity.
>
> Thoughts?

I recently brought this up here:
http://forum.dlang.org/thread/aetzsanbypaimljrguzb@forum.dlang.org

We discussed pros and cons, etc..

I restated my main concern here, and Walter seemed to agree:
http://forum.dlang.org/post/mv29l2$1rln$1@digitalmars.com

So it seems there is hope for DIP74(or something similar), but it 
may take time.

I asked Andrei when we may have another "D Vision" or similar 
document, and his response was here:
http://forum.dlang.org/post/mv7is9$m41$1@digitalmars.com

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