__traits so long and ugly, what about ::?

[Bruno Medeiros]

On 31/03/2011 16:11, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:39:29 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>
>> On 03/31/2011 09:27 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:16:58 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu
>>> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 03/31/2011 03:52 AM, bearophile wrote:
>>>>> KennyTM~:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think the GSoC group and language feature discussion group should
>>>>>> be separated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regarding D/Phobos feature discussions, they don't damage the summer
>>>>> of code discussions significantly because they put in use almost a
>>>>> different part of the brain.
>>>>
>>>> They do share the same time budget.
>>>
>>> So don't read/respond to the posts. I think any discouragement for open
>>> discussion for any topic related to D is not a healthy attitude for an
>>> open community.
>>
>> Well you know it's considerably less simpler than that. Besides, I
>> probably wasn't clear enough: I'm not discouraging anything as much as
>> encouraging discussions that mark progress in important matters.
>
> That's a better statement. I just don't think such "unimportant"
> discussions are harmful or damaging, just don't participate if you don't
> want to be distracted. We're all (mostly) adults in charge of our own
> schedule. We don't need to be insulated from things.
>

Yeah, kinda, but the thing is that such discussions are often done 
carrying the posture or tone that the language/compiler/library writers 
should work or address that issue soon (or even in the medium-term). 
That's perhaps what's most frustrating.


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Bruno Medeiros - Software Engineer