Clojure and Pull Request Controversy

[Andre Pany]

On Friday, 30 November 2018 at 11:22:04 UTC, Dukc wrote:
> On Friday, 30 November 2018 at 00:31:55 UTC, Nicholas Wilson 
> wrote:
>> I think adding a version like `Phobos_NoAutodecode` so it 
>> could be tested with 
>> https://git.ikeran.org/dhasenan/dubautotester and people can 
>> opt in to it..
>
> Please don't! This will likely cause some third-party libraries 
> to rely on the switch, while some still rely on autodecoding, 
> making them incompatible!
>
> On the other hand, if we can find a way to similarily mark a 
> single module to not autodecode while others still could, then 
> it's a brilliant idea.
>
> Otherwise, I quess we just have to plain deprectate using char 
> arrays as ranges at all, or leave the whole thing as is.

Just thinking loud: if the libraries are incompatible and you get 
an error while trying to use them together, that would be a good 
thing. There is no silent breakage. The third party library 
authors can be be contacted and asked to update their libraries.

Kind regards
Andre