[dmd-internals] I think we should deprecate array .sort and .reverse properties in this release

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Good points. I'm for ripping the band-aid right off.

Related - we should come with a plan with milestones and a deadline for 
gcc integration. Iain, are you on this list?


Andrei

On 10/9/11 1:38 PM, Don Clugston wrote:
> The builtin array.sort and array.reverse have often been mentioned as
> "will be deprecated", for several years now.
> Bug 1339 "Invariant/const-ness is broken by built-in array properties
> sort and reverse" has just been fixed.
> It seems silly to have people fix such code, only to have it broken
> again when those properties are deprecated.
>
> We should also think about deprecating typedef as well. Unless there's
> a _really_ good reason for delaying it a bit longer, we should do it
> now.
> The longer we leave it, the worse it gets.
>
> Additionally, once GDC gets officially included in gcc, deprecating
> stuff will be much harder.
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