Phobos 3 Discussion Notes - 02-01-2024

[ryuukk_]

On Saturday, 3 February 2024 at 11:53:05 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
> On Saturday, 3 February 2024 at 03:49:54 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote:
>>> - Phobos with betterC
>>
>> This is not in the cards. BetterC would seriously constrain 
>> the capability of Phobos as we expect to support 
>> TypeInfo/ModuleInfo, threading, Dynamic/Associative arrays, 
>> and static module constructors/destructors.
>>
>>> Andrea
>
>
> What typeinfo/moduleinfo has to do with a networking module in 
> the STD for example?
>
> Dynamic array/associative array can be made to work with 
> -betterC, i mentioned in my reply above, minimal allocator API 
> in `core.memory` make associative array able to change its 
> allocator, and build APIs in phobos around allocators and 
> people who use betterC will be able to consume phobos without 
> people working on phobos having to know/care about betterC
>
> If you care about simplicity and efficiency, obviously

Oh, and Exception Handling?

Get in native tuple and tagged union in the language, and you'll 
be able to build nice error handling code

I hope no EH in Phobos 3