Dealing with Autodecode

[Seb via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 at 02:39:55 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> On 05/31/2016 09:36 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>>
>> version(string_migration)
>> deprecated void popFront(T)(ref T t) if(isSomeString!T) {
>>    static assert(0, "this is crap, fix your code.");
>> }
>> else
>> deprecated("use -versionstring_migration to fix your buggy 
>> code, would
>> you like to know more?")
>> /* existing popFront here */
>>
>
> I vote we use Adam's exact verbiage, too! :)
>
>>
>> D USERS **WANT** BREAKING CHANGES THAT INCREASE OVERALL CODE 
>> QUALITY
>> WITH A SIMPLE MIGRATION PATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>
> Yes. This. If I wanted an endless bucket of baggage, I'd have 
> stuck with C++.
>
>> 3) A wee bit longer, we exterminate all this autodecoding crap 
>> and enjoy
>> Phobos being a smaller, more efficient library.
>>
>
> Yay! Profit!


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