On Tuesday, 21 July 2015 at 03:47:11 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
1. If you want ddmd to be compilable by both gdc and ldc then
you can't introduce any new features to the ddmd codebase post
conversion.
Sticking to 2.068 will help for some time but is not a long-term
solution. Particularly when considering some of the bigger D
issues left to resolve, we'll likely have to deal with some
incompatibilities/deprecations.
Also consider that we might use the stable phobos parts.
I made a Trello card, let's discuss the details when we're
actually working on this.
https://trello.com/c/4NtxWDtK/30-compatibility-implications-for-self-hosting-d-compiler
