On Wednesday, 27 January 2016 at 16:52:53 UTC, Laeeth Isharc
wrote:
your own argument. Of course there will be lots there that one
doesn't need and can't use. But over time things that were
once cutting edge become bog standard, and it makes sense to
have coherence and convenience rather than to have to search
out the best library for the purpose each time.
I agree about coherence being desirable, but evolution tends to
lead to the opposite. Just look at C++ streams vs iterators vs
ranges vs ... Coherence is a good reason to have independent
libraries that are replaced as a whole.
The standard library should primarily cover stable types you need
to describe APIs. Then you can have other recommended independent
libraries with no mutual dependencies.
