DIP 1025--Dynamic Arrays Only Shrink, Never Grow--Community Review Round 1

[Walter Bright]

On 11/11/2019 7:03 PM, Jab wrote:
> How have you not had this problem before?

Because I was careful.


> DMD's code base is kind of horrible. 
> Pointers to arrays that end up having to be accessed by (*p)[x]. A simple 
> wrapper could easily have alleviated that entirely. It's kind of ironic that the 
> D reference compiler showcases exactly how you shouldn't write D code.

DMD was rather recently converted to D from a "C with Classes" codebase. Its 
structure very much reflects that heritage.


> Of all the things people would be willing to have such a big breaking changes 
> for. Auto-decoding to name one. This is now where the line is drawn? Some of 
> these decisions are being made too hastily IMO.

No decision has been made about DIP 1025. That's what this process is for. 
Everyone gets their say.