Symmetry Autumn of Code

[rikki cattermole]

On 18/07/2018 10:53 PM, Ecstatic Coder wrote:
> On Wednesday, 18 July 2018 at 03:19:53 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
>> On 18/07/2018 5:36 AM, Ecstatic Coder wrote:
>>> On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 06:02:37 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>>>> Thanks to the sponsorship of Symmetry Investments, the D Language 
>>>> Foundation is happy to announce the Symmetry Autumn of Code!
>>>>
>>>> We're looking for three university students to hack on D this 
>>>> autumn, from September - January. We're also in search of potential 
>>>> mentors and ideas for student projects. Head to the Symmetry Autumn 
>>>> of Code page for the details.
>>>>
>>>> Spread the word!
>>>>
>>>> https://dlang.org/blog/symmetry-autumn-of-code/
>>>
>>> I'd suggest adding the following to SAOC 2018 project proposals :
>>>
>>> 1/ adding a Go-like http module to the standard library
>>> 2/ adding Go-like async IO management to the standard library, i.e. 
>>> fibers communicating through blocking channels
>>
>> Until we get an event loop in druntime, both of these options are off 
>> the table.
> 
> Sad.
> 
> Then I'd suggest to add the event loop implementation to SAOC 2018 too, 
> because the absence of a default http module in D's standard library may 
> have very good justifications, but I'm still convinced that it doesn't 
> help when trying to "sell" it to modern developers, considering that 
> nowadays MANY of the applications they will develop in a professional 
> facility will have to integrate http code to access or update the 
> company's data.

I've said, that if we get signatures, I'll build the damn thing myself.
Signatures give a very lightweight vtable implementation while also 
giving conceptual representation of structs+classes.

Which for an event loop, is a very desirable thing to have. But alas, 
I'm waiting on my named parameter DIP and seeing where that goes, before 
continuing work on signatures.