The Case Against Autodecode

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 5/31/16 10:33 AM, Seb wrote:
> Explicitly stating the type of iteration in the 132 places with
> auto-decoding in Phobos doesn't sound that terrible.

It is terrible, no two ways about it. We've been very very careful with 
changes that caused a handful or breakages in Phobos. It really means 
every D project on the planet will be broken. We can't contemplate that, 
it's suicide. -- Andrei