"Matthew Ong" <on...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ir3801$84b$1...@digitalmars.com... > On 5/14/2011 3:17 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> "Jason House"<jason.james.ho...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > > But yea, one-class-per-file is really a Java thing (and then a few other > Not true entirely, the limit is one public class per file. There is no > actual limit for such: > // The file must be ClassA.java > > public class ClassA{} > > class ClassB1{} > class ClassB2{} > class ClassB3{} > class ClassB4{}... > >
I see. But in any case, D allows multiple public classes in one file, FWIW. > > languages kind of ape'd it.). No need to force youself into that in D. > > As for the real reason it is for: > That current D layout seem to limit that one file to a single developer. > Instead of multiple classes by multiple developers within the same module. > > Using the example: > HashMap & Unit tested implemented by matthew > LinkedList & Unit tested implemented by john > but the same module is handled by Jonathan for other classes? > That's what version control systems are for. As long as you're using a VCS that isn't terrible (ie, as long as you're not using CVS or Visual SourceSafe), than it's easy for multiple people to edit the same source file. > But Nick, > -- ...to this: --- > > // libfoo/all.d > module libfoo.all; > public import libfoo.partA; > public import libfoo.partB; > public import libfoo.partC; > > That does the trick. Great :) > Now my only concern is that when does D linked like C++ or dynamic > selective linked on import that is ONLY really used and not linked ALL > that is imported....Such thing does not happen in Java because linking is > done during runtime by Class Loader. I wonder the loader in D for DLL is > as intelligent. > AIUI, automatic DLL loading is handled by windows, not D (but I think you can also load DLLs manually). Also, D is usually linked statically, not dynamically. I know it's possible for a static linker to eliminate code that's not used, but I don't think OPTLINK (D's linker on windows) currently does it.
