Phobos 3 Discussion Notes - 02-01-2024

[Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole]

On 03/02/2024 6:48 AM, aberba wrote:
> On Friday, 2 February 2024 at 15:08:37 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew 
> Cattermole wrote:
>> On 03/02/2024 3:46 AM, aberba wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>> That is not part of the current work, although Adam does have a wish 
>> list and thoughts about it.
>>
>> Please note that Phobos is getting close enough to the 64k symbol 
>> limit on Windows that we cannot be expanding its scope. So the 
>> consideration of how to architect a new standard library must occur 
>> prior to work on it.
>>
>> Starting with something that isn't just a wish list is right. It isn't 
>> some library that we can chop and change on, its going to live for 20+ 
>> years so its going to have to be designed right.
> 
> I understand what you're saying however it doesn't necessarily mean 
> "adding" to existing code. I think a lot of the old legacy stuff should 
> be removed from new std.

Oh it will need reviewing line by line prior to copying.

So yeah that should be our default.