Proof of concept for v2 - NO duplication, NO `static if` hell, NO difficulty with interoperability

[Atila Neves]

On Wednesday, 3 November 2021 at 15:02:57 UTC, Andrei 
Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 2021-11-02 18:27, Elronnd wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 2 November 2021 at 20:24:21 UTC, Andrei 
>> Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Must have been a miscommunication on my part. The two 
>>> couldn't be more different.
>> 
>> I don't think the concern is that they are _intended_ to be 
>> similar, but that they will end up that way.
>> 
>>> std.experimental:
>>> - Intent is to be moved to std when ready, where it ADDS 
>>> functionality
>> 
>> And yet, std.experimental seems to be where code goes to die. 
>> std.sumtype exists, probably only because pbackus didn't let 
>> it go into std.experimental.
>
> This seems to presuppose I was making the argument 
> std.experimental is good.
>
> FWIW I fully supported and encouraged Paul to merge his work 
> straight into std.

Likewise.

I'm going to look at the PR in detail and comment later.