More complexity creep in Phobos

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 3/28/19 12:23 PM, Meta wrote:
> On Thursday, 28 March 2019 at 16:12:34 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 3/28/19 10:49 AM, Meta wrote:
>>> On Thursday, 28 March 2019 at 07:32:33 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>> On 3/28/19 1:36 AM, Meta wrote:
>>>>> DirEntry states that it is a subtype of `string`
>>>>
>>>> No, please refer to the "Generality creep" thread.
>>>
>>> Last time I checked, curt dismissal is not an argument.
>>
>> Sorry. It was a pertinent response dressed as a curt dismissal. The 
>> opening post of the "Generality creep" is trivial to find and contains 
>> an explanation of exactly this matter. Walter posted a link to it, too 
>> (thanks). Here it is:
>>
>> https://digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/Generality_creep_324867.html 
>>
>>
>> What remains is that I copy and paste it for you, which I'll do at the 
>> end of this message.
>>
>> I actually stopped reading your post following your assertion, because 
>> I inferred it would be increasingly wrong because it is based on a 
>> wrong assumption. Just now I went and read it, and indeed it is so.
> 
> Thanks, stopped reading your post here. I'll leave the discussion to 
> those more qualified.

No need to convert this into an exchange of broadsides. The appropriate 
response is as simple as "oh ok so that's not subtyping, interesting" - 
which was my reaction as well. It's a subtle matter but once seen it is 
clear.