[dmd-internals] Pulling D language enhancements

[Jacob Carlborg via dmd-internals]

On Oct 10, 2014, at 06:09 AM, Walter Bright via dmd-internals <dmd-internals at puremagic.com> wrote:

> There's another problem, exhibited by:
>
> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/4043
> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/3998
>
> What both share is that a significant language change is coupled with the code
> to implement it. The trouble is the PR then becomes a mixed-up review of the
> code and the language design change. This makes it hard and confusing to review, and
>
> -- WORST OF ALL --
>
> if the language design change is rejected, then the PR author's coding effort
> has gone to waste. We don't have the luxury of throwing peoples' work away like
> that. It pains me very much when this happens.
>
> So please, please, before submitting a PR that involves a language change, be
> sure you've got agreement and approval for the change. Otherwise, you risk
> wasting your time in a most frustrating matter.

This is the only way to make things happen. Neither you or Andrei are caring about the DIP's people create. They barley get any response at all from you or Andrei when posted on the newsgroups. DIP's are were good ideas go to and die.

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/Jacob Carlborg
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