PhobosV3+ Fundamental Elements

[libxmoc]

On Monday, 31 August 2026 at 13:16:54 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew 
Cattermole wrote:
> On 01/09/2026 12:28 AM, Alexandru Ermicioi wrote:
>> On Sunday, 30 August 2026 at 17:58:35 UTC, libxmoc wrote:
>>> I personally think D doesn't need phobos at all, it would be 
>>> better split and proposed as dub packages, leaving just a 
>>> base D that's good enough to get going and port to other 
>>> platforms.
>> 
>> It would still be good if they can be shipped as part of 
>> compiler install or as extra packages in os repositories, for 
>> scripting convenience.
>> 
>> Then on bigger project, they could be overriden with explicit 
>> dub versions.
>
> Yes, most of PhobosV3 functionality is going to have to be 
> split out into separate shared libraries built on top of the 
> default linked against library.
>
> For that we need a bundle system to be able to handle the 
> linking.
> In doing so we'd be shipping it all.
>
> If you want to use dub to pick different versions you'd be free 
> to since all this optional stuff is opt-in.

shared libraries? Why? This is IMO unnecessary complexity.

They should be shared as source. This will force maintainers to 
have good hygiene and keep build time quick.