Re: Questions about phobos additions mentioned in 2015H1 vision document

2015-04-10 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d
On 11/04/2015 9:12 a.m., Andrea Fontana wrote: On Sunday, 5 April 2015 at 18:31:37 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 4/5/15 10:48 AM, Gary Willoughby wrote: Universal. I think ODBC is the best option here. Maybe it is for std.database.sql or std.database.relational Andrea Yeah, for NoSQL

Re: Questions about phobos additions mentioned in 2015H1 vision document

2015-04-10 Thread Jonas Drewsen via Digitalmars-d
3. When mentioning networking, do you mean email handling, http servers, sockets etc? Do you see this replacing std.net.curl? All of the above. Some may build on curl, some may complement it, some may replace some of its functionality. I would like to see e.g. libasync mature a bit and get

Re: Questions about phobos additions mentioned in 2015H1 vision document

2015-04-10 Thread Andrea Fontana via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 5 April 2015 at 18:31:37 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 4/5/15 10:48 AM, Gary Willoughby wrote: Universal. I think ODBC is the best option here. Maybe it is for std.database.sql or std.database.relational Andrea

Re: Questions about phobos additions mentioned in 2015H1 vision document

2015-04-07 Thread Gary Willoughby via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 6 April 2015 at 03:19:03 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote: On that note, anyone willing to help create and ODBC host via Derelict or will I be doing something like that? I don't understand this sentence. :/

Re: Questions about phobos additions mentioned in 2015H1 vision document

2015-04-07 Thread Suliman via Digitalmars-d
Andrei, if vibed will include in DMD distribution, would it's mean that common libs (like json) will be merged with DMD? I think it would very rational step.

Re: Questions about phobos additions mentioned in 2015H1 vision document

2015-04-07 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
On 4/7/15 10:22 AM, Suliman wrote: Andrei, if vibed will include in DMD distribution, would it's mean that common libs (like json) will be merged with DMD? I think it would very rational step. You mean in std? Some if not all, but each needs to pass review. -- Andrei

Re: Questions about phobos additions mentioned in 2015H1 vision document

2015-04-05 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d
On 6/04/2015 6:31 a.m., Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 4/5/15 10:48 AM, Gary Willoughby wrote: In the 2015H1 vision document[1] it states the following: quote *Foster additions to the standard library and third-party libraries* We prefer adding new components to the standard library over

Re: Questions about phobos additions mentioned in 2015H1 vision document

2015-04-05 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
On 4/5/15 12:02 PM, bearophile wrote: Andrei Alexandrescu: 1. Are you wanting a large batteries included standard library a'la Python[2] or only focused around the aspects mentioned? Batteries included. This is a quite significant decision. It has both advantages and disadvantages. (I

Questions about phobos additions mentioned in 2015H1 vision document

2015-04-05 Thread Gary Willoughby via Digitalmars-d
In the 2015H1 vision document[1] it states the following: quote *Foster additions to the standard library and third-party libraries* We prefer adding new components to the standard library over refactorings and reorganizations of those that work (barring bug fixes). Our vision is to foster a

Re: Questions about phobos additions mentioned in 2015H1 vision document

2015-04-05 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
On 4/5/15 10:48 AM, Gary Willoughby wrote: In the 2015H1 vision document[1] it states the following: quote *Foster additions to the standard library and third-party libraries* We prefer adding new components to the standard library over refactorings and reorganizations of those that work

Re: Questions about phobos additions mentioned in 2015H1 vision document

2015-04-05 Thread bearophile via Digitalmars-d
Andrei Alexandrescu: 1. Are you wanting a large batteries included standard library a'la Python[2] or only focused around the aspects mentioned? Batteries included. This is a quite significant decision. It has both advantages and disadvantages. (I think Rust has chosen to have a lighter