On 4 April 2018 at 03:08, David Sankel <camior_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> I'm not suggesting that we should never make breaking changes. I am
>> suggesting that we should have bloody strong and good
>> reasons for them, and "this was found to be confusing to some users
>> here and there" doesn't even begin to cut it, and
>> "you can migrate with a tool" is an answer that gets laughed/scoffed
>> at or derided in my usual stomping grounds.
>
>
> How would folks react in your usual stomping grounds to the addition of a
> 'std::ranges::sort' function that works on iterators, but is only slightly
> and subtly different from 'std::sort'? What if there's a third sort,
> 'std::we_really_got_it_right_this_time::sort', to add to the mix? Similarly,
> how would they react to having a 'std::vector', 'std::pmr::vector', and
> possibly a 'std2::vector'? Are these acceptable for these folks?

Most likely the reaction would be a brief coffee-room discussion "uh
huh". When adopting
ranges, using a different sort is not a significant burden, and pmr is
also not necessarily
something that users would expect to just drop in, assuming that you
actually find
large amounts of users who'd want to.