Phobos' slow descent into madness

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.com
Fri May 7 23:58:06 UTC 2021


On Friday, 7 May 2021 at 23:19:30 UTC, SealabJaster wrote:
> On Friday, 7 May 2021 at 20:47:57 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
> wrote:
>> ...
>
> With all the nit-picking you've (thankfully) been doing 
> recently, would it be worth writing up "Andrei's Ambitious 
> Amendments to Phobos", a.k.a some kind of action plan you'd 
> personally like to see going forward?
>
> I ask this as you have a very keen eye for things like this, 
> and considering your position people are likely to listen and 
> discuss about what you'd like to see changed.
>
> Having it all separated over multiple forum posts may be ok for 
> discussions, but to see the overall view and direction, perhaps 
> it is best to consolidate it all together somehow?
>
> It'd certainly be quite welcome to see a push into a specific 
> direction for either/both the language and Phobos, especially 
> since Phobos feels like it's in some weird sort of limbo to me.
>
> Or just ignore me because I barely know what I'm talking about
> >xP

This is a nice idea, thanks. I think the gating factor here is 
Phobos versioning, which requires language additions. Then it 
would be interesting to put together a white paper.



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