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[Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d]

On 2016-06-18 12:25, Walter Bright wrote:

> Off the top of my head, work items for phobos I've repeatedly posted in
> various forms:
>
> 1. eliminate all gratuitous use of gc
> 2. review all Phobos modules for compatibility with ranges - std.zip,
> for example, was done before ranges and does not work with them
> 3. use -cov to improve code coverage of Phobos modules
> 4. make sure every function in Phobos has an example
> 5. make sure every function in Phobos has Params: and Returns: sections
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/Phobos_Documentation_-_call_to_action_258777.html
>
> 6. replace std.xml with something we can be proud of
> 7. compile a list of popular modules in other languages and see what we
> should have
> 8. create a greenthreads module that works like Goroutines
> 9. create a module that enables code to be run on GPUs
> 10. now that D can interface to C++ templates and exceptions, create the
> interface code to the C++ STL
> 11. review all of Phobos for @safe compatibility
> 12. remove dependency on autodecode from Phobos
> 13. there was recently a thread on Phobos desperately needing a
> BigDecimal module, someone helpfully posted links to a couple of free C
> versions, I suggested that someone build a D wrapper for one or convert
> one to D. Sadly, that was the end of the discussion :-(
> 14. I regularly ask people to write articles about D, and the situation
> is slowly getting better, in that more and more good ones are getting
> written
>
> I've learned to not ask for a gui library :-)
>
> There is no shortage of action items. Just hang out in the n.g. for a bit.

Now you're doing exactly as you're telling us not to do. Writing an 
important post deep inside a thread, with a completely different 
subject, that nobody will see. Put it on the front page of dlang.org or 
somewhere visible.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg