[phobos] std.all

[Robert Clipsham]

On 08/06/10 21:18, Walter Bright wrote:
>
>
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Actually I've generated std.all myself and experimented with it
>> (attached). The parse time with rdmd is larger than with individual
>> modules, but not annoying.
>>
>>
>
> The parse time will invariably grow as phobos grows. I expect std.all
> will become the preferred method of using D. The problems are:
>
> 1. People will come to expect std.all to have everything and the kitchen
> sink in it, so we're stuck.
>
> 2. People will inevitably do compile speed benchmarks with std.all. And
> then we'll suck.
>
> So I say "no" to std.all.

Given that it's meant as an easy way to include the commonly used 
functions etc, rather than all, how about a std.common along side it? 
Where std.common imports commonly used code by scripts etc, and std.all 
imports anything that isn't std.common? This way it's the best of both 
worlds.