Dealing with Autodecode

[Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d]

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!