Deimos == Phobos for the people ?

qbert · Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 209 Location: Dallas, Texas

First Poster!

Is this project going to be an alternative to the phobos shipped with DMD ? If so Id like to help !

Thanks,
Charles

jcc7 · Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 657 Location: Muskogee, OK, USA

danielrh · Joined: 10 May 2004 Posts: 5

yep: and my BigRational work Smile

BigRational is a template struct (can be templatized on BigInteger or long or int or whatever you like...real won't work very well though)

Carlos · Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 396 Location: Canyon, TX

I'd like to contribute with my date formatter, mentioned in http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?Phobos#ProjectDateformatterdate2str.

Arcane Jill · Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Posts: 10

Hey, cool - there's life here!

Yep, well, I'm going to make the attempt to get Int up here today. For those who asked, Deimos is indeed a supplement to Phobos, with the difference that it's written by us users instead of by the D designers.

We've sort of commandeered (with permission) the top level "etc" namespace. So you'll see etc.bigint first, with big rationals and whatever else people care to post here following. Jcc7's description is pretty on the mark. Anything that goes into Deimos pretty much has to be in the "etc" heirarchy, but beyond that (and a little common sense) it's open to all. My fingers are crossed in the hope that some of the stuff here will be considered for Phobos. If that happens, it will move from "etc" to "std". If not, well, Deimos will just have to become the greatest library ever.

Right then. I'm off to see if I can figure out how to upload using Subversion. If I get stuck, I'll come and ask for help.

Arcane Jill

Arcane Jill · Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Posts: 10

Wow, it worked. Cool Cool

Well, if someone would care to verify that all is ok, I'd say we're ready to go.

One thing - we really should get a proper documentation directory together. The docs directory at present only documents my stuff, and it would be nice if we could cobble together an index page linking to everyone's stuff, with a common look-and-feel. (I stole the look-and-feel from the D website. It'd probably be a good idea to keep that format). Maybe we could post separate documentation for each of our projects for now, and then someone could kinda merge it all together. I could probably do that.

And we're going to need scripts and makefiles and things, so that there's a simple process to make The Deimos Library (instead of one library for Ints, one library for rationals, and so forth). It'd be nice if we could give people just one thing to download.

Finally, my class is called Int, not BigInteger. The phrase "big integer" is a suitable description, but it should not be capitalized or munged together, as that would be misleading. The module is called "etc.bigint" because "int" (with a lowercase i) is a reserved word.

Arcane Jill

qbert · Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 209 Location: Dallas, Texas

Carlos I have need for that date formatter, u wanted to throw it up on SVN ?

Carlos · Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 396 Location: Canyon, TX

pmfp · Joined: 25 May 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Sweden

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Carlos · Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 396 Location: Canyon, TX

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Arcane Jill · Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Posts: 10

I've separated the docs out into one-per-module. This will make it easier for others to integrate their own documentation. I've also tried to make it look as much as possible like the D website.

Anyone who wants stuff in Deimos, feel free to start adding things.

Jill