On Sunday, 9 March 2014 at 03:58:31 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
std.json broke backward compatibility, starting with
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/commit/1958c95666b0241d669d282806e4f724fbb37caf.
There's even no notice in the changelog of the breakage, which
is quite obvious by inspecting the diff.
This is a serious matter because it broke production code. Was
there a reason for the breakage? We should make sure breaking
changes are avoided or get a lot of scrutiny if they are really
necessary.
I wonder how we can improve the process to avoid such issues in
the future.
Andrei
While this breakage was gratuitous, I would have expected
std.json to have this infamous warning by now:
"Warning: This module is considered out-dated and not up to
Phobos' current standards. It will remain until we have a
suitable replacement, but be aware that it will not remain long
term."
It's a pretty crap module and it's a fact that we are looking for
a replacement. Maybe this caused everyone involved to lower their
standard for proper unit tests and general scrutiny.
