Editions Ideas

[Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole]

On 14/12/2025 4:15 PM, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Saturday, 13 December 2025 at 23:23:23 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew 
> Cattermole wrote:
>> On 14/12/2025 12:16 PM, Ogion wrote:
>>> On Friday, 12 December 2025 at 23:05:27 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>>> Now that Editions have been implemented (thanks Atila, Dennis, and 
>>>> Rikki) it's time to solicit D features to be dropped from the next 
>>>> Edition of D.
>>>
>>> Non-ASCII characters in identifiers. This is a “feature” that has no 
>>> value but creates the more headaches the more it’s used.
>>
>> We have non-english speaking users that require UAX31 support.
>>
>> I spent a fair bit of time implementing UAX31, this can't go away.
> 
> Also it's required for compatibility with newer C and C++ standards.
> 
> "I spent a bunch of time implementing this" is not a good argument in 
> favor of keeping a feature. Sunk costs are sunk costs.

No it isn't, and in this case, the work put in directly correlates to 
how important I view it.