DIP74 - where is at?

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 10/12/15 7:19 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Monday, 12 October 2015 at 03:59:04 UTC, Marco Leise wrote:
>> Am Sun, 11 Oct 2015 07:32:26 +0000
>> schrieb deadalnix <deadalnix at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> In C++, you need to assume things are shared, and, as such, use
>>> thread safe inc/dec . That means compiler won't be able to optimize
>>> them. D can do better as sharedness is part of the type system.
>>
>> With the little nag that `shared` itself is not fleshed out.
>
> Well, it really should be better fleshed out, but the reality of the
> matter is that it actually works pretty well as it is. The problem is
> primarily that it's a pain to use - and to a certain extent, that's
> actually a good thing, but it does make it harder to use correctly.

Yah, I'd like to make "finalizing the language" a priority going 
forward, and finalizing shared is a big topic. It's hard to present to 
the world a language with fuzzy corners. -- Andrei