Why is `scope` planned for deprecation?

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On Friday, 14 November 2014 at 08:10:22 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> Can't you use Xcode 6 and set the minimum deploy target to iOS 
> 5.1? If that's not possible it should be possible to use Xcode 
> 4 and replace the Clang compiler that Xcode uses with a later 
> version.

I don't know yet, but the 5.1 simulator will probably have to run 
on OS-X 10.6.8 from what I've found on the net. Maybe it is 
possible to do as you said with clang… Hm.