On Sunday, 2 December 2012 at 19:06:22 UTC, Jonathan M Davis
wrote:
On Sunday, December 02, 2012 14:19:18 deed wrote:
Why not let all breaking improvements go to a clear cut std2
and
let std be improved only with extensions and bug fixes? When
std2
is ready enough, let the same happen and breaking code goes to
std3.
Then you get std.xml and std2.xml, which are different and a
probable source of confusion. On the other hand, the modules in
the standard library do not exist independently, they are part
of
a unified design and layout. So it may be more valuable to know
that std3.algorithm, std3.range, std3.container, etc. work
together out of the box, rather than to know whether
std.algorithm2 and std.range3 are compatible.
Duplicating the entire standard library is overkill. Ideally,
we wouldn't need
to keep making breaking changes to it. You get it right, and
then you leave it
as-is. The main problem is that Phobos has been being written
as the language
has been evolving..
It may introduce more administrative work, but should solve most
problems in both camps.
