More complexity creep in Phobos

[Meta]

On Thursday, 28 March 2019 at 16:12:34 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 3/28/19 10:49 AM, Meta wrote:
>> On Thursday, 28 March 2019 at 07:32:33 UTC, Andrei 
>> Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> On 3/28/19 1:36 AM, Meta wrote:
>>>> DirEntry states that it is a subtype of `string`
>>>
>>> No, please refer to the "Generality creep" thread.
>> 
>> Last time I checked, curt dismissal is not an argument.
>
> Sorry. It was a pertinent response dressed as a curt dismissal. 
> The opening post of the "Generality creep" is trivial to find 
> and contains an explanation of exactly this matter. Walter 
> posted a link to it, too (thanks). Here it is:
>
> https://digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/Generality_creep_324867.html
>
> What remains is that I copy and paste it for you, which I'll do 
> at the end of this message.
>
> I actually stopped reading your post following your assertion, 
> because I inferred it would be increasingly wrong because it is 
> based on a wrong assumption. Just now I went and read it, and 
> indeed it is so.

Thanks, stopped reading your post here. I'll leave the discussion 
to those more qualified.