[dmd-internals] dmd 2.065 focus on ICEs

Leandro Lucarella luca at llucax.com.ar
Wed Nov 13 02:55:01 PST 2013


Walter Bright, el 12 de November a las 14:11 me escribiste:
> I'd like this to be a fairly short release cycle (get it out by the
> end of the year) and focus on bug fixes rather than enhancements. Of
> particular interest is in reducing the ICE list down to size:
> 
> https://d.puremagic.com/issues/buglist.cgi?keywords=ice&query_format=advanced&keywords_type=allwords&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED
> 
> There are 62 at the moment. If we can cut this in half that will be
> great progress. ICE's make us all look bad and unprofessional far
> out of proportion to their technical value. In today's compiler
> ecosystem ICE's are far less acceptable than they used to be.
> 
> Even if you are not up to submitting a fix, vetting the issues (many
> will likely be already fixed), getting reduced test cases, etc., is
> all valuable work.
> 
> Also, if there are any ICE's that are not tagged with the ICE
> keyword, please fix them!
> 
> Let's kick some ice ass.

Woooooooow! Planning! I like it 8-)

Seriously, I think is very good to say what do you want to focus on this
release and when do you want to release it. Thanks!

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