Version of implementation for docs
JS
js.mdnq at gmail.com
Sun Aug 11 00:10:15 PDT 2013
On Sunday, 11 August 2013 at 07:04:14 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Sunday, August 11, 2013 06:30:57 JS wrote:
>> Can we get the version of implementation/addition of a feature
>> in
>> the docs. e.g., if X feature/method/library is added into dmd
>> version v, then the docs should display that feature.
>>
>> For example, when I go to http://dlang.org/phobos/object.html I
>> see tsize. When I try to use it on my class I dmd says it
>> doesn't
>> exist. I'm using 2.063. If I new when tsize was implemented I
>> would know if it is something I am doing wrong or if I'm just
>> using a version where it isn't implemented.
>>
>> const pure nothrow @property @safe size_t tsize(); (v
>> 2.063)
>>
>> or whatever.
>>
>> P.S. note I added a fake version to it to demonstrate what the
>> docs could look like... I know for some this post will be very
>> difficult to understand... some will ask for a use case, some
>> will call me a troll... Others will say it is not useful, and
>> some will say it is too difficult to implement or will be too
>> hard to maintain.
>
> If you want the docs that go with your version of the compiler,
> then look at
> the ones that come with it (they are provided in the zip file -
> I don't know if
> they get installed with the installers though). We have enough
> trouble keeping
> the documentation up-to-date and accurate without having to
> worry about
> versioning. And for the most part, if you have issues with it
> due to using an
> older version of the compiler, the advice is going to be to
> upgrade to the
> latest compiler.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis
And where can I download the most up to date compiled dmd for
windows?
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