[phobos] Time to get ready for the next release

[Jonathan M Davis]

> Le 2011-04-21 à 13:45, Jonathan M Davis a écrit :
> > TDPL specifically gives it strict semantics. @property functions must be
> > called without parens, and non- at property functions must be called with
> > them. So, if we want to go with loose semantics, then TDPL will need to
> > be changed.
> > 
> > Personally, I don't see much point to @property if its semantics are
> > loose.
> 
> Me neither: if the semantics are loose @property serves no purpose.
> 
> But there's still a big problem: the semantics of @property are quite
> ambiguous when it comes to the array member syntax. Something needs to be
> done about that before @property can be enforced properly.
> 
> I think having a @property-enforced mode, which could stay experimental for
> a few releases (activated with a command-line switch), would help test and
> sort out many of those issues. I can make a pull request for that -- is
> that a good idea?

Sounds good to me, though I know that there are some functions std.file which 
will become uncallable with strict enforcement due to the fact that property 
functions cannot currently be overridden with non-property functions, and some 
functions which should be property functions for strings and non-property 
functions for ints are currently properties for both, and you can't call a 
property function on an int. As long as code isn't calling those functions 
though, they won't pose a problem, and we can find plenty of other issues 
using the flag.

- Jonathan M Davis