http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP25

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 12/29/14 2:58 AM, John Colvin wrote:
> On Monday, 29 December 2014 at 04:13:18 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> There is a rub though. Not only you're telling what we'd need to do to
>> be more successful, you're also telling us how to do it. Please don't.
>> We are not adding type qualifiers to D if we can avoid it, and
>> generally we want to achieve what we need to achieve with minimum
>> aggravation. Instead please focus on what you're trying to accomplish,
>> not on whether an artifact is a type qualifier or a storage class.
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Andrei
>
> But (one of) his point(s) is that the choice between type qualifier and
> storage class directly impacts his work. Why shouldn't a user express
> such a point?

Making that point is fine so long as the costs are discussed alongside 
with the applicability to one particular task. -- Andrei