Migrating D front end to D - post Dconf

[deadalnix]

On Saturday, 11 May 2013 at 15:51:26 UTC, David Nadlinger wrote:
> On Saturday, 11 May 2013 at 15:16:29 UTC, Daniel Murphy wrote:
>> "Iain Buclaw" <ibuclaw at ubuntu.com> wrote in message
>> news:mailman.1201.1368284962.4724.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
>>>
>>> Actually, the more I sit down and think about it, the more I 
>>> question
>>> whether or not it is a good idea for the D D front end to 
>>> have a dependency
>>> on phobos.   Maybe I should stop thinking in general.  :)
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, the compiler can't depend on phobos.
>
> Why?
>
> If we keep a "must compile with several past versions" policy 
> anyway, what would make Phobos special?
>
> David

It prevent the use of newer feature of D in phobos.