I think it's time for Phobos to start using sub packages and drop the flat module hierarchy.
On 15 sep 2010, at 13:56, Lars Tandle Kyllingstad wrote: > I said in an earlier e-mail that I think std.file, std.path, and > std.stdio should remain separate modules. However, I do think that, for > a library with a flat module hierarchy, Phobos has acquired way too many > modules. Some of them should (and will) be removed, and some could be > merged. > > The following are my suggestions for how to trim the Phobos module list > a bit. At the bottom I'll show the resulting module list. > > > Modules which could be removed, most of them *right now*, because they > are superseded by other modules or built-in functionality: > > std.bind - use lambdas or nested functions instead > std.boxer - superseded by std.variant > std.contracts - superseded by std.exception > std.cstream - superseded by std.stdio.File > std.demangle - superseded by core.demangle > std.iterator - superseded by std.range > std.openrj - obscure format, better to use std.json > std.perf - superseded by StopWatch > std.regexp - superseded by std.regex > std.stream - ranges are the way to go > std.syserror - superseded by std.windows.syserror > std.c.* - superseded by core.stdc.* and core.sys.* > > Modules for which there is no documentation on the D home page, and > which I suspect nobody are using: > > std.loader > std.stdarg > std.typelist > > Modules which can be merged into a single one, possibly after > substantial/complete rewrites: > > std.compiler + std.cpuid + std.system (= std.sysinfo?) > std.ctype + std.uni (= std.character?) > std.date + std.dateparse + std.gregorian + std.stopwatch > (= std.datetime?) > std.encoding + std.utf (= std.encoding?) > std.socket + std.socketstream (= std.socket (or std.net?)) > std.typecons + std.typetuple (= std.types?) > > And finally, some renaming suggestions (which were actually posed by > Andrei): > > std.conv -> std.convert > std.stdio -> std.io > > > All this gives us the following, nice and short (well... shorter, at > least) module list: > > std.algorithm > std.array > std.base64 > std.bigint > std.bitmanip > std.character > std.complex > std.concurrency > std.container > std.convert > std.datetime > std.encoding > std.exception > std.file > std.format > std.functional > std.getopt > std.intrinsic > std.io > std.json > std.math > std.md5 > std.metastrings > std.mmfile > std.numeric > std.outbuffer > std.path > std.process > std.random > std.range > std.regex > std.signals > std.socket > std.stdint > std.string > std.sysinfo > std.traits > std.types > std.variant > std.xml > std.zip > std.linux > std.windows > > > Just something to think about. > > -Lars > > _______________________________________________ > phobos mailing list > phobos@puremagic.com > http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos -- /Jacob Carlborg _______________________________________________ phobos mailing list phobos@puremagic.com http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos
