It looks like, based on the feedback, this will change substantially in the next update. So don't write any code using it for anything other than just trying it out.

Walter Bright wrote:
> It looks like, based on the feedback, this will change substantially in the next update. So don't write any code using it for anything other than just trying it out. 
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Perhaps it would be a good idea to have some sort of 'experimental' compiler switch that enables experimental/trial features just as -deprecated allows deprecated ones. It would make it easier to do a prototype/trial run without worrying that someone would use the feature in anger.

In article <dt5567$at9$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Alex Stevenson says...
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>Perhaps it would be a good idea to have some sort of 'experimental' compiler switch that enables experimental/trial features just as -deprecated allows deprecated ones. It would make it easier to do a prototype/trial run without worrying that someone would use the feature in anger.

As I understand it, this will be the case after 1.0 is released. For the moment, everything is considered somewhat "experimental" (in case you haven't noticed ;-)

Nick