Is Bug 5710 likely to get fixed?

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d]

On Thu, 05 Jun 2014 16:37:14 -0400, Timon Gehr <timon.gehr at gmx.ch> wrote:

> On 06/05/2014 08:42 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> On Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:16:06 -0400, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d
>> <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>>
>>> https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5710
>>>
>>> Is this likely to get fixed or is it more likely to drift along as an
>>> unfixed issue?
>>
>> If Kenji cannot fix it, it doesn't look good for getting fixed...
>> ...
>
> Why?

Because he's a D superstar?

>
>> It would be nice, but I agree with the statement that it shouldn't force
>> the creation of a new delegate type.
>
> There is _absolutely no reason whatsoever_ to think about creation of a  
> new delegate type. The entire argument around performance implications  
> for existing code and creation of new delegate types is completely  
> nonsensical and both David and Martin have already pointed this out.

You should speak up on the bug report, at the very least to share your  
opinion, which many people value.

-Steve