There are quite a few things in Phobos which can be improved
without much in-depth knowledge.
As these things get often forgotten and lost in the abyss, I
started a few GitHub projects:
- dip1000
- All high-level code should be usable in @safe
- Every Phobos symbol should be properly documented
- Undocumented symbols shouldn't be public
- Every assert should have a message
- Every public symbol should have an example
And primed them with the current blacklists:
https://github.com/dlang/phobos/projects
Note that for all theses checks we have compiler checks or other
blacklists to avoid regressions, so gradual improvement is easily
possible.
What the heck are GitHub projects?
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Kanban-style board that allow to track the progress of a specific
project.
They were successfully used at dmd:
https://github.com/dlang/dmd/projects
It would work a bit better if we used GH issues as they are a
couple of handy automations built-in, but well that's an entirely
topic.
Why are you posting this here?
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Simple: if someone is looking out for a way to help, these
projects should provide a simple start.
Also there's quite some interest in the first two (DIP1000, more
@safe-ty), so tracking the progress at a central place should
give them a better visibility and allows everyone to see the
progress or pitch in.
