Make dub part of the standard dmd distribution

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On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 22:30:47 +1200, Rikki Cattermole wrote:

>> * non-windows, as dll support on windows is still not here, i believe.
> 
> I've been able to do it a little bit already with my Web server. Haven't
> hit its limit so far. In other words as long as exceptions aren't used
> and its never unloaded, should be ok. Anyway, do you really think we
> would get that sort of support for a couple of releases?

it seems that nobody on windows really needs that. ;-)


> Indeed lets. But can we also not go modifying the language? I'm just
> suggesting injecting of symbols that execute compiler side actions. Your
> suggesting language changes. Even if it is a new pragma.

actually, no language changes at all. CTFE is already here, and it is 
used in semantic analysis stage. there are no changes to the language, 
besides adding some hooks and defining an API. it's invisible from the 
user's POV and doesn't require changing of specs. now CTFE is started 
explicitly, by using mixins and template evaluation. with my idea it will 
be started implicitly when some condition is met. sure, that conditions 
must be documented, but it will not change the language drastically.


> We really need to toy with these ideas properly and implement each. Then
> its just a matter of time to convince the higher ups that it should be
> merged.

yes, i believe that this is the best approach. implement both and let the 
best solution win in a honest competition. ;-)

i don't feel very creative right now, but implementing that idea is in my 
TODO list, and it's not at the bottom of list. so eventually (month? two? 
ten years?) i'll write a PoC.
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