obsolete D libraries/modules

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 9/3/13 11:36 AM, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
> 03-Sep-2013 18:44, Andrei Alexandrescu пишет:
>> On 9/2/13 9:58 AM, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
>>> Last time I tried (about a year or so ago) I was frustrated with how
>>> rigid and strange it was.
>>> In the end I just rolled back to some hacks like to!int(args[1]) and so
>>> on. At least that was under my control.
>>
>> std.getopt implements simple and widely used command-line options. If
>> you used to!int(args[1]) that's not an option, it's a straight argument
>> that getopt will let pass through unchanged.
>>
>
> Well that bit about to!int(args[1]) was somewhat tongue in cheek, I
> can't recall the details now anyway.
>
> To sum up my experience I tried to for a few hours, it didn't quite work
> the way I wanted (nor I've found a way to tweak it through) so I dropped
> it.

If you ever hit that again, please bugzillize.

> Looking at it now I think the key feature missing is automatic
> generation of the summary of switches. std.getopt loses a lot of charm
> by not automating this part of the job (maintained by hand the summary
> would get out of sync sooner or later).

Agreed, we need to add that.


Andrei