Is @safe still a work-in-progress?

walker growup_wei at qq.com
Wed Aug 22 07:19:21 UTC 2018


On Wednesday, 22 August 2018 at 02:18:15 UTC, Mike Franklin wrote:
> Something else that rubs me the wrong way is that DIP 1000 is 
> currently in a status of `DRAFT`:  
> https://github.com/dlang/DIPs/blob/master/DIPs/README.md
>
> What the heck is going on here?  We're adding features to the 
> compiler and modifying Phobos in production releases based on a 
> `DRAFT` proposal?
>
> Furthermore, I find it hypocritical that some of us are put 
> through a disproportionately burdensome DIP process requiring 
> thorough documentation, multiple peer reviews, excessive 
> delays, and judgment that defaults to "no" for some of the most 
> minute changes to the language, but a game-changing feature 
> like DIP 1000 can just be amended on a whim.

+1,
For valuable contributors like you, it's far from friendly.
Friendly atmosphere increases creativity.
Although, for an industrial-level language, it should be careful 
to add many features (A core engine that can simulate a lot of 
easy to use sugars is important, for those potential hackers. )


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