free idea please steal, a goose inspired d preprocessor

[monkyyy]

On Friday, 23 October 2026 at 21:07:27 UTC, Meta wrote:
> On Friday, 23 October 2026 at 21:00:10 UTC, monkyyy wrote:
>> On Friday, 23 October 2026 at 08:12:25 UTC, Meta wrote:
>>> On Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 20:06:56 UTC, monkyyy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 3. rust-style sumtype syntax
>>>
>>> Way ahead of you:
>>> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/23744
>>> https://forum.dlang.org/thread/ppnebwqwqxgjdyaljmeq@forum.dlang.org
>>>
>>> The implementation is even vibe coded.
>>
>> upstream doesnt actually ship features
>
> If you want to increase the chances of it happening, leave any 
> comments you have in the DIP thread. I'm planning to post a v2 
> soon.

If I wanted compiler level sumtypes enough to lift a finger id 
ask adr to ship your patch as is; the dip process would be far 
from my first choice

theres a reason I said "preprocessor" in the title