Phobos - breaking existing code

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 12:55:34PM +0000, via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> You probably have realized that the obvious solution to breakage is:
> 
> 1. To have two branches: stable and experimental
> 
> 2. Backport serious bugfixes to stable, but not "bug is a feature"
> bugs.
> 
> 3. Provide an upgrade tool when a new stable branch is created
> (meaning: a new stable branch is not created until the source-code
> upgrade tool is ready)
> 
> 4. Create a planned release scheduled for stable branch (say 18-24
> months)

This wouldn't help Walter's original problem. He was taking code written
from >=2 years ago and compiling it with the latest compiler.


T

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