[phobos] next release

Andrei Alexandrescu andrei at erdani.com
Thu Sep 9 15:12:56 PDT 2010


On 9/9/10 16:47 CDT, Steve Schveighoffer wrote:
> Alternatively, we can have std.stopwatch not appear in the docs until we are
> certain of its location.

Then why add it? Most surely there won't be a module std.stopwatch.

> I think not including it is not a good idea.  Going by that philosophy, we will
> have to wait until all date/time stuff is done before it's included.

I'm talking about a minor release - a month.

> Another alternative is to call it std.xstopwatch until it's not experimental
> anymore.  At least it will be easy to search/replace later.
>
> Basically what we need is a mechanism to convey to the user that things aren't
> set in stone for stopwatch.  Although are we making that guarantee anywhere
> else?  I think through the last few releases, phobos has had breaking changes
> (input ranges' save function comes to mind).

std.stopwatch is a simple artifact with a simple charter. I don't think 
we need to overengineer this.


Andrei


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