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`waitFor` is still experimental after two years? #39390

Closed timsneath closed 3 years ago

timsneath commented 5 years ago

The waitFor function has been marked as "experimental" for two years now: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/blob/ec8dcba611678ddff4bc11a7d521ad944323b444/sdk/lib/cli/wait_for.dart#L71

(see https://dart-review.googlesource.com/c/sdk/+/28920/ for its introduction)

Can we remove this line at this point? The experiment has clearly run its course. Either we need to remove this comment or we need to deprecate it (if we think it's a failed experiment for some reason).

There is value in something like this for CLI apps, of which there will be many more now that dart2native has landed, and I'd love us to provide reliable guidance. If there are better alternatives towaitFor, I'd love to know about them myself!