On Friday, 13 May 2016 at 00:47:04 UTC, Jack Stouffer wrote:
D is much less popular now than was Python at the time, and
Python 2 problems were more straight forward than the
auto-decoding problem. You'll need a very clear migration
path, years long deprecations, and automatic tools in order to
make the transition work, or else D's usage will be permanently
damaged.
Python 2 is/was deployed at a much larger scale and with far more
library dependencies, so I don't think it is comparable. It is
easier for D to get away with breaking changes.
I am still using Python 2.7 exclusively, but now I use:
from __future__ import division, absolute_import, with_statement,
unicode_literals
D can do something similar.
C++ is using a comparable solution. Use switches to turn on
different compatibility levels.
