what exactly does -v1 do?

[Stewart Gordon]

torhu Wrote:

> Tyler Knott wrote:
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>> Except they do work?  This compiles on DMD 1.007 with -v1 (as 
>> the only flag) without error:
>> 
>> void main() { mixin(`int foo;`); } //mixin declarations are 
>> definitely post-1.0
> 
> I suppose it's only for features that break backward 
> compatibility.  It enables implicit conversion from objects to 
> void pointers.  That's all I know that it does as of 1.007.
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Strikes me as a bug.  It would seem to me that the _whole point_ of it is to enable programmers to explicitly target 1.0.  That is, at least in theory, they can release code and make a valid statement that it will work in DMD 1.00, and D 1.0 compilers in general.

Stewart.