• Chris Wright (3/3) Dec 29 2016 DMD's JSON output hasn't changed since at least the switch from C++ to D...
• Chris Wright (3/7) Jan 04 2017 Having no response, I'm going to assume it's lacking maintainers, lackin...
• Walter Bright (4/11) Jan 04 2017 What it's lacking is someone who is using it. It's users who would drive...

Chris Wright <dhasenan gmail.com> writes:

DMD's JSON output hasn't changed since at least the switch from C++ to D. 
Is it deprecated or merely lacking maintainers? Is there a vision for 
where it will go?

Chris Wright <dhasenan gmail.com> writes:

On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 02:44:38 +0000, Chris Wright wrote:

 DMD's JSON output hasn't changed since at least the switch from C++ to
 D.
 Is it deprecated or merely lacking maintainers? Is there a vision for
 where it will go?

Having no response, I'm going to assume it's lacking maintainers, lacking 
vision, and lacking sufficient attention to deprecate.

Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:

On 1/4/2017 6:27 PM, Chris Wright wrote:
 On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 02:44:38 +0000, Chris Wright wrote:

 DMD's JSON output hasn't changed since at least the switch from C++ to
 D.
 Is it deprecated or merely lacking maintainers? Is there a vision for
 where it will go?

 Having no response, I'm going to assume it's lacking maintainers, lacking
 vision, and lacking sufficient attention to deprecate.


What it's lacking is someone who is using it. It's users who would drive 
something like this forward. It's most definitely in the camp of "build it, and 
they will come".