On 28 August 2012 21:52, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org> wrote:

On 8/28/12 8:23 AM, Manu wrote:

Well that's painful for a number of reasons..

Other than the fact that I need to rewrite a bunch of code,

Walter and Kenji think breaking meaningful existing code is an overriding concern, and I ended up agreeing with them.

They will look into a solution that keeps your working code working.

This change of wind may as well turn a new page in the history of D :o).

Wow, I didn't see that coming.

At very least, just put it on a deprecation schedule. I'm happy (perhaps even prefer) to use the alternative approach I've describe if those 2 issues are addressed in some way.