On Tuesday, 14 November 2023 at 18:40:58 UTC, Adam D Ruppe wrote:
On Tuesday, 14 November 2023 at 17:57:36 UTC, Steven
Schveighoffer wrote:
That's not any better. If you have to opt-in to the language
as it exists, people are going to quit immediately.
Counterpoint: javascript's "use strict".
The absence of "use strict" does not prevent you from using
latest features. If you use the later features, it infers you
meant "use strict". As I understand the current thinking, that is
not what D is intending to do.
This could potentially work for D editions -- if you use a newer
syntax/feature, then you have opted into that version of the
language? But I am not sure this is worth the complication. Much
easier to do the dumb thing and require specification.
Does "use strict" involve library API changes?
-Steve
