http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=11036

           Summary: Document that .stringof should not be used for code
                    generation
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: pull
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: websites
        AssignedTo: andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com
        ReportedBy: andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com


--- Comment #0 from Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> 2013-09-13 14:57:03 PDT ---
As the .stringof representation often changes between compiler versions, it is not suitable for code generation because it is unreliable.

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--- Comment #1 from Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> 2013-09-13 15:09:02 PDT ---
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/380

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Peter Alexander <peter.alexander.au@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Peter Alexander <peter.alexander.au@gmail.com> 2013-09-14 13:45:09 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> As the .stringof representation often changes between compiler versions, it is not suitable for code generation because it is unreliable.

Wouldn't a better solution be to define exactly what .stringof should return? Implementation-defined semantics should be avoided where possible since it breaks portability.

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--- Comment #3 from Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> 2013-09-14 13:51:20 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > As the .stringof representation often changes between compiler versions, it is not suitable for code generation because it is unreliable.
> 
> Wouldn't a better solution be to define exactly what .stringof should return? Implementation-defined semantics should be avoided where possible since it breaks portability.

See Kenji's comment here: http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=10722#c6

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--- Comment #4 from Peter Alexander <peter.alexander.au@gmail.com> 2013-09-14 14:43:06 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > (In reply to comment #0)
> > > As the .stringof representation often changes between compiler versions, it is not suitable for code generation because it is unreliable.
> > 
> > Wouldn't a better solution be to define exactly what .stringof should return? Implementation-defined semantics should be avoided where possible since it breaks portability.
> 
> See Kenji's comment here: http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=10722#c6

I can't see anything in Kenji's comment that suggests it couldn't be properly defined?

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Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> 2013-09-16 08:25:30 PDT ---
Copied from 11035 which the pull erroneously referenced.

(In reply to comment #1)
> Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org
> 
> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/commit/30a0c704107274ce6d73a532283fae19d4c8f796 Fixes Issue 11035 - Document lack of .stringof reliability.
> 
> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/commit/4cc00e0fe397334cc13e6f904b339ac8bf2a7cad Merge pull request #380 from AndrejMitrovic/Fix11036
> 
> Issue 11035 - Document lack of .stringof reliability.

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