On Sunday, 6 February 2022 at 19:14:50 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> Let me rephrase: I do not understand why you feel the need to direct these messages at me, personally.
I am sorry if you felt I was addressing you personally. That was not intended, maybe bad phrasing on my part. (I tend to send email when addressing people personally! :-)
I am more trying to convey what I see has gone wrong in the "modern C++" design department to "the community" in some hope that D can do better. But right now it seems like "C++ did this" is treated like a validation, rather than a warning. "@mustUse" will literally be on every single function that I write that returns something… because it is almost always a bug to ignore a return value! In summary: This feature deserves a higher priority than library status.
> If you have ideas or concerns you wish to present to D's leadership, my advice is to either (a) write a DIP, or (b) get in touch with Mike Parker about attending one of the D Language Foundation's monthly meetings (see the bottom of [his latest meeting summary post][1] for details).
Yes, I am considering a DIP on parametric-aliases at least, where I think C++ currently has an edge. Thanks for tipping me about those meetings, I didn't know one could apply for participation. That might be a possibility in the future, although I think I probably should try to find time to participate in those beer-meetings first to get a rough idea of what is achievable. No point in going to a formal meeting without knowing what the terrain is like. :-)