[dmd-beta] Releasing 2.066.1

[Steven Schveighoffer via dmd-beta]

On Oct 22, 2014, at 8:19 AM, Martin Nowak via dmd-beta <dmd-beta at puremagic.com> wrote:

> On 10/17/2014 05:41 AM, Steven Schveighoffer via dmd-beta wrote:
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>> On Oct 16, 2014, at 3:42 PM, Martin Nowak via dmd-beta <dmd-beta at puremagic.com> wrote:
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>>> On 10/16/2014 01:32 PM, Steven Schveighoffer via dmd-beta wrote:
>>>> I am too actually. From your earlier messages, Martin, I thought you said we would add it as a warning? Has that been done for 2.066.1? I didn't see it in my github traffic.
>>>> 
>>>> FWIW, I think a warning is sufficient, even if it only lasts a few versions. As long as silent behavior changes do not happen.
>>> 
>>> Well I made a pull and we eventually agreed that even a warning would do more harm than good, because one cannot explicitly use the compiler generated toHash and opEquals. A opCmp that wouldn't comply with default equality also required a custom toHash, which makes it even more unlikely that we will break code.
>> 
>> I think there is a misunderstanding, the issue is not that opCmp and opEquals are not consistent. The problem is this:
>> 
>> 1. As of 2.065, AAs used opCmp and NOT opEquals.
>> 2. Despite the spec's assertion that BOTH opEquals and opCmp should be defined for AA to work properly, the compiler allowed any combination, and let the implementation tell the story.
>> 3. All that was required was to override opCmp and toHash to make AAs work.
>> 4. In 2.066, we no longer use opCmp and use opEquals.
>> 5. Without an error, any code that ONLY defined opCmp (and defined it differently than the default) despite the warnings from the spec will now silently compile, and do the incorrect thing.
>> 
> 
> The gordian knot is that we cannot add an error or even a warning for correct code as there is no way to be explicit about a missing opEquals (`bool opEquals() = default;`).
> I don't have a good idea here other than emphasizing the changelog and properly describing the state of affairs.
> http://dlang.org/changelog.html#aa-key-requirement

The error is already there. The latest git head removes the error.

BTW, implementing default equals is very simple:

return this.tupleof[] == other.tupleof[];

> 
> This was already released with 2.066 over 2 month ago.
> Has anyone heard of a real issue with this change?

2.066 HAS the error. 2.066.1 would remove it.

The bug report I referred you to is a report that occurred because of the error we added.

I suppose by now, anyone keeping up with the times has downloaded the latest released version of dmd and found their code issues related to it. I am unaware of anyone who has complained except Jacob, but I had a few month hiatus from D (one of the reasons I unfortunately missed this discussion from July).

-Steve