Discussion Thread: DIP 1042--ProtoObject--Community Review Round 1

[Paul Backus]

On Tuesday, 11 January 2022 at 13:45:35 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> The whole point of the standard library vocabulary types is to 
> provide common abstractions that the whole ecosystem can rely 
> on.
>
> If every D shop has to come up with their own interfaces 
> because the ones offered by the DIP don't cut, then what is the 
> purpose of having them in first place?

+1. Unless the runtime and standard library themselves intend to 
use the interfaces, I cannot see what useful purpose they serve. 
As-is, they could be cut from this DIP, and nobody would miss 
them.