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March 10, 2005 Object.print ... (again) | ||||
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It's been a very long time (9 months?) since there was a concensus that Object.print was superfluous, and Walter agreed to remove it (or rather, noted that he "just had to find the time"). I'm posting this to remind Walter that it still hasn't happened. Please; can we finally put this to bed? - Kris |
March 10, 2005 Re: Object.print ... (again) | ||||
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Posted in reply to Kris | Gets my vote "Kris" <Kris_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:d0qfc8$366$1@digitaldaemon.com... > It's been a very long time (9 months?) since there was a concensus > that > Object.print was superfluous, and Walter agreed to remove it (or > rather, noted > that he "just had to find the time"). I'm posting this to remind > Walter that it > still hasn't happened. > > Please; can we finally put this to bed? > > - Kris > > |
March 10, 2005 Re: Object.print ... (again) | ||||
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Posted in reply to Matthew | mine also.
Matthew wrote:
> Gets my vote
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> "Kris" <Kris_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:d0qfc8$366$1@digitaldaemon.com...
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>>It's been a very long time (9 months?) since there was a concensus that
>>Object.print was superfluous, and Walter agreed to remove it (or rather, noted
>>that he "just had to find the time"). I'm posting this to remind Walter that it
>>still hasn't happened.
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>>Please; can we finally put this to bed?
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>>- Kris
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March 11, 2005 Re: Object.print ... (again) | ||||
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Posted in reply to Kris | Kris wrote: > It's been a very long time (9 months?) since there was a concensus that > Object.print was superfluous, and Walter agreed to remove it (or rather, noted > that he "just had to find the time"). I'm posting this to remind Walter that it > still hasn't happened. > > Please; can we finally put this to bed? > > - Kris I still agree. -- Justin (a/k/a jcc7) http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/ |
March 13, 2005 Re: Object.print ... (again) | ||||
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Posted in reply to John Reimer | meee tooo :)
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:41:50 -0800, John Reimer <brk_6502@yahoo.com> wrote:
> mine also.
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> Matthew wrote:
>> Gets my vote
>> "Kris" <Kris_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:d0qfc8$366$1@digitaldaemon.com...
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>>> It's been a very long time (9 months?) since there was a concensus that
>>> Object.print was superfluous, and Walter agreed to remove it (or rather, noted
>>> that he "just had to find the time"). I'm posting this to remind Walter that it
>>> still hasn't happened.
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>>> Please; can we finally put this to bed?
>>>
>>> - Kris
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March 14, 2005 Re: Object.print ... (again) | ||||
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Posted in reply to Regan Heath | Regan Heath wrote:
> meee tooo :)
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> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:41:50 -0800, John Reimer <brk_6502@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> mine also.
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>> Matthew wrote:
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>>> Gets my vote
>>> "Kris" <Kris_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:d0qfc8$366$1@digitaldaemon.com...
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>>>> It's been a very long time (9 months?) since there was a concensus that
>>>> Object.print was superfluous, and Walter agreed to remove it (or rather, noted
>>>> that he "just had to find the time"). I'm posting this to remind Walter that it
>>>> still hasn't happened.
>>>>
>>>> Please; can we finally put this to bed?
>>>>
>>>> - Kris
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>>>>
>>>
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Maybe we're in a democracy, after all, and since I'm old enough to vote, I'll vote for this too.
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Carlos Santander Bernal
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March 14, 2005 Re: Object.print ... (again) | ||||
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Posted in reply to Carlos Santander B. | Carlos Santander B. wrote:
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> Maybe we're in a democracy, after all, and since I'm old enough to vote, I'll vote for this too.
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> Carlos Santander Bernal
I highly doubt it. I think "voting" just makes us feel like we're involved.
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March 14, 2005 Re: Object.print ... (again) | ||||
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Posted in reply to John Reimer | John Reimer wrote:
>> Maybe we're in a democracy, after all, and since I'm old enough to vote, I'll vote for this too.
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> I highly doubt it. I think "voting" just makes us feel like we're involved.
Oh, but you can be ? Why not just stop the "voting" and
provide the patch to remove Object.print from Phobos ?
The runtime library is Open Source, unlike the DMD compiler...
A working rewrite is probably more useful, than such a wish.
--anders
PS. Then again, Thomas already wrote a patch to remove usage
of printf from the library but I haven't seen it applied ?
(change "printf" into "writef", that was, in Phobos tests)
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March 14, 2005 Re: Object.print ... (again) | ||||
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Posted in reply to Anders F Björklund | Anders F Björklund wrote:
> John Reimer wrote:
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>>> Maybe we're in a democracy, after all, and since I'm old enough to vote, I'll vote for this too.
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>> I highly doubt it. I think "voting" just makes us feel like we're involved.
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> Oh, but you can be ? Why not just stop the "voting" and
> provide the patch to remove Object.print from Phobos ?
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> The runtime library is Open Source, unlike the DMD compiler...
> A working rewrite is probably more useful, than such a wish.
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> --anders
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> PS. Then again, Thomas already wrote a patch to remove usage
> of printf from the library but I haven't seen it applied ?
> (change "printf" into "writef", that was, in Phobos tests)
Yes, my point is that nothing will be done unless Walter wants it done or has the time to get it done. Submitted patches are a good idea only if they are guaranteed to make it into the update . Otherwise they're a waste of time (I think). At present there's no guarantee any contributions will make it in. That's the way things work with D. This system provides us with little motivation for participation in language and library improvement.
Naturally, the idea of voting has a nice feel to it, but in reality it doesn't really accomplish anything in this community. This is not a democracy. Voting is fun, though, and gives everybody that warm, fuzzy feeling about community involvement and camaraderie. Perhaps that's a good thing then? :-)
- JJR
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March 14, 2005 Re: Object.print ... (again) | ||||
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Posted in reply to John Reimer | John Reimer wrote: > Yes, my point is that nothing will be done unless Walter wants it done or has the time to get it done. Submitted patches are a good idea only if they are guaranteed to make it into the update . Otherwise they're a waste of time (I think). However, I can still apply them to my own version of the library ? (it runs several language patches that others find objectionable) And since GDC *is* Open Source (even Free Software), I can even test larger patches too - the ones out that affect the D compiler as well. And to be honest, a fair share of bugs and fixes went straight in... (not sure how Walter managed to sort out the relevant ones that quick) > At present there's no guarantee any contributions will make it in. That's the way things work with D. This system provides us with little motivation for participation in language and library improvement. This is why it is nice that there is more than one compiler, and more than one implementation of the standard D library. It needs to be done from the same specification, so that programs stay compatible between implementations thereof. But with just a proprietary binary, there are no promises... (I like DMD, though. My own *main* reason for GDC is Mac OS X) > Naturally, the idea of voting has a nice feel to it, but in reality it doesn't really accomplish anything in this community. This is not a democracy. Voting is fun, though, and gives everybody that warm, fuzzy feeling about community involvement and camaraderie. Perhaps that's a good thing then? :-) I think the idea of a PEP-like system wasn't all bad... Some organized method of collecting wishes and requests, and have a voting attached to see how others think about it. Meanwhile, there's just the steaming old "Bazaar" of newsgroups and wikis and personal web pages and rants. :-) I guess that usually forms itself, under the Cathedrals ? --anders |
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