• Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d (11/16) May 29 2014 On Thu, 29 May 2014 18:35:49 +0200
• Walter Bright (2/9) May 29 2014 Doesn't "experimental" imply all of that already?

Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> writes:

On Thu, 29 May 2014 18:35:49 +0200
Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com>
wrote:

 On 29/05/14 16:47, Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d wrote:
 javax was the experimental branch for Java's experimental code. Now
 javax.xml is PERMANENT.

 Point taken.  That said, I fear that _any_ module or package that
 gets widely used carries such a risk.

If we make it clear up front that our policy is that nothing will stay in
std.experimental permanently (at some point, either it gets moved into std in
one form or another or it gets removed entirely), we explicitly state that the
API in std.experimental can (and likely will) change, and we explicitly state
that we will _not_ support the code in std.expermental long term unless/until
it gets moved into std, then anyone who relies on std.experimental never
changing has no one to blame but themselves.

- Jonathan M Davis

Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:

On 5/29/2014 6:28 PM, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d wrote:
 If we make it clear up front that our policy is that nothing will stay in
 std.experimental permanently (at some point, either it gets moved into std in
 one form or another or it gets removed entirely), we explicitly state that the
 API in std.experimental can (and likely will) change, and we explicitly state
 that we will _not_ support the code in std.expermental long term unless/until
 it gets moved into std, then anyone who relies on std.experimental never
 changing has no one to blame but themselves.

Doesn't "experimental" imply all of that already?