[phobos] RFC: units type for D

[Don Clugston]

On 26 August 2010 04:58, Andrei Alexandrescu <andrei at erdani.com> wrote:
> This is a very interesting discussion, with great points. Here's what I
> think - in brief, my experience time and again has been that stuff that has
> a strong champion behind it succeeds, and stuff that doesn't, doesn't. In
> light of that, if Benjamin and/or David are enthused about pushing their
> libraries into Phobos, and furthermore maintaining and enhancing them, and
> further-furthermore contributing in new ways to Phobos, then I think it's
> not crucial that dimensional analysis (and possibly rational numbers) are of
> narrow utility.
>
> One less positive example is std.json - after adding it to Phobos, Jeremie
> didn't hang around to maintain it, bring its style on par with the rest of
> Phobos etc. Right now it's a library in need of a champion. Not to mention
> the likes of std.xml :o).

How about std.openrj in Phobos1! That's a situation we desperately
want to avoid.

> So, subject to the rest of the team being approving too, I'd say let's give
> dimensional analysis (and rational numbers too if David wants) a fair shot
> at inclusion in Phobos. Be prepared for ruthlessness though :o).

That seems a fair argument.