The Death of D. (Was Tango vs Phobos)

[Steven Schveighoffer]

"Sean Kelly" wrote
> Robert Fraser wrote:
>> Sean Kelly wrote:
>>>> I propose these essential classes and modules be moved into a separate 
>>>> package, like std.runtime.  So you would have std.runtime.thread, 
>>>> std.runtime.exception, etc.  Or whatever.  Then the line is even 
>>>> clearer.
>>>
>>> See above.  That would be fine except for the confusion it would cause 
>>> for readers of our book.  Also, maintenance responsibility is a 
>>> potential issue.  None of these issues are addressed by a simple desire 
>>> to share code.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sean
>>
>> I suppose the magic of aliases and templates couldn't help at all here 
>> (i.e. make tango.Thread a compile-time wrapper around std.runtime.thread 
>> ...?)
>
> Currently, it's the opposite with Tango/Tangobos (std.thread.Thread 
> basically aliases tango.core.Thread.Thread).  But I consider this to be 
> too much of a hack to have as a long-term solution.

The tango.core.Thread alias would be a convenience for backwards 
compatibility.  It can be discouraged in favor of std.runtime.Thread.

The only palatable solution I see is for a common namespace to exist.  If 
you insist on the thread portion living in a namespace such as 
tango.core.Thread, then I can't see Phobos adopting that, and you are 
killing this whole compatibility project :(

-Steve