backporting features to D1

[Derek Parnell]

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:21:38 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:

> Derek Parnell wrote:
>> I tried coding in D2 but a lot of that code is going to need
>> significant rework when the cabal have finalized their deliberations,
> 
> I doubt that it would be significant. The time I've invested in 
> converting D1 to D2 code has been trivial.

Ok, that's fine but my experience differs. Converting D1 code to D2 was a
very tedious exercise. The main problem, which was to be expected really,
was that D2 specification kept changing. So now I'm waiting for a stable D2
before doing anything more.

Another problem was trying to have the same codebase support both D1 and D2
- that makes it filled with the silly string mixin workaround, which is
plain butt ugly.


version(D_Version2)
{
    mixin(
    `<<some D2 specific code>>`
    );
}
else
{
 <<some D1 equivalent>>
}

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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
skype: derek.j.parnell