On Thursday, 23 May 2013 at 08:49:15 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
I tried to fix all of the naming problems in Phobos previously
with the idea
that we'd fix them all and then move on, and I got a large
portion of them
fixed, but I didn't get them all, and I think that it's past
the time when it's
reasonable to do so. There are too many people pushing for
stability, and the
lack of perceived stability is one of D's biggest detractors
right now
(regardless of what our actual level of stability is). Walter
and Andrei in
particular are of the opinion that the ROI on name changes at
this point is
too low for it to be worth it. Sure, aesthetically, it would be
nice to fix
them all, but at some point, we have to just move on and live
with what we
have. Fortunately, _most_ of it has been fixed already, and the
biggest
remaining offenders are modules that should probably be
replaced wholesale
anyway (e.g. std.socket), so they may get fixed if the ROI for
replacing such
modules is high enough (in which case, the fixing of names is a
bonus which
comes along with fixing something which actually _does_ have a
ROI for changing
it).
I though more about this. I do think the ROI is very real, but
the one that gain the benefit are the one that aren't used to the
module. Which mean that the one that will pay for the change
won't be the one benefiting from it.
I do think that we have a lot of people to come in the future,
and so that the change is worth it. Obviously, who's paying is an
issue, and I'd rather work on making that smooth for who's paying
than discarding the change altogether.
