On 20/11/2021 6:13 PM, tsbockman wrote:
> 2) To specify APIs independent of implementation, for `extern` linking, `interface`s and base `class`es with multiple implementations that might imply different attributes, etc.

Indeed, there is no way around that. The compiler can emit them for .di files though.

> Attribute soup is unavoidable for (2) public APIs in general; there is nowhere else the information *can* come from in many cases except from an explicit specification, regardless of how sophisticated the compiler is.
> 
> Redundant specification of attributes for (1) verification purposes could be dropped, but I'd rather not since I find the compiler frequently catches mistakes or fuzzy thinking on my part by comparing explicit attributes to inferred.

If it works for you, go for it.

But this approach does not make memory safety easy. It makes it harder for the majority of people and that is the problem.

On 11/16/2021 1:00 PM, Robert Schadek wrote:
> GitHub has >10^7 accounts, D's bugzilla has what, 10^3?
> No matter what feature github is missing there is no reason to not migrate to
> github.

Sebastian wanted to do this, and we already gave him the go-ahead on it a couple years ago.

On Saturday, 20 November 2021 at 07:07:55 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 11/16/2021 1:00 PM, Robert Schadek wrote:
>> GitHub has >10^7 accounts, D's bugzilla has what, 10^3?
>> No matter what feature github is missing there is no reason to not migrate to
>> github.
>
> Sebastian wanted to do this, and we already gave him the go-ahead on it a couple years ago.

You mean Wilzbach, not Koppe? Yes I realize Sebastiaan Koppe is two a's in the name but it's so easy to mess those up that it's hard to be sure without the surname.

On Saturday, 20 November 2021 at 07:07:55 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> Sebastian wanted to do this, and we already gave him the go-ahead on it a couple years ago.

I saw that and the discussion degenerated https://github.com/dlang/projects/issues/43 and then nobody took charge.

On Saturday, 20 November 2021 at 15:32:08 UTC, Dukc wrote:
> On Saturday, 20 November 2021 at 07:07:55 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> Sebastian wanted to do this, and we already gave him the go-ahead on it a couple years ago.
>
> You mean Wilzbach, not Koppe? Yes I realize Sebastiaan Koppe is two a's in the name but it's so easy to mess those up that it's hard to be sure without the surname.

Ha, even for us :)

On 11/20/2021 7:34 AM, Robert Schadek wrote:
> On Saturday, 20 November 2021 at 07:07:55 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> Sebastian wanted to do this, and we already gave him the go-ahead on it a couple years ago.
> 
> I saw that and the discussion degenerated https://github.com/dlang/projects/issues/43 and then nobody took charge.


You're right, it needs someone to take charge and keep hammering on it.

I'm looking it two right now.

The migration tool is not that great IMO, and this is a nice side project during dconf.

But to reiterate my point, I don't think this is an argument about the features of the tool but a social/visibility/ease of entry issue.

If I have something I'll post.