"Justin Johansson" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Nick Sabalausky Wrote: > >> >> "Justin Johansson" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected]... >> > Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote: >> >> >> >> I think this is an environment issue. I like Eclipse's approach. Java >> >> unnecessary imports are underlined with a wavy red line. >> >> >> >> >> >> Andrei >> > >> > I don't like to engage in unnecessary debate but please consider: >> > >> > 1. the suggestion is for a warning message not an error (perhaps >> > even enabled by a compiler switch or warning level), >> > >> > 2. by environment I presume you mean development system and/or >> > editor. Sure Eclipse does okay with Java unused imports as you say. >> > Now whist I use Eclipse with Descent plugin, relying on environment >> > presupposes that environments support the feature. Descent currently >> > does not; perhaps it will in the near future. It is fair conjecture >> > though >> > that widespead, mature support for D IDE-wise may well be sometime into >> > the future. This is to say nothing for those that prefer to hack with >> > command line tools and light-weight editors. >> > >> > So in summary, my humble opinion is that placing this responsibility >> > onto the environment is both pie in the sky and passing the buck. >> > >> > Justin >> > >> >> *Your* humble opinion? You liar! That's my humble opinion too! ;) >> >> But yea, this is exactly the kind of thing that warnings (*true* >> warnings) >> are *supposed* to be for. >> >> Also, as far as Java goes, *everything* is an environment issue. Hell, >> I'm >> almost surprised they don't outlaw non-recursive functions, non-infinite >> loops, generics and sources-across-multiple-files from Java just so they >> could have Eclipse auto-generate that much more clutter and redundancy. >> Come >> to think of it...if I ever get a chance, I'm going to make a language >> just >> like that with a corresponding Eclipse plugin just to be an ass and make >> a >> point ;) > > I'll pay that one Nick!!! I admit that startled me at first when > my lexical analyser scanned "liar" ahead of reading the rest of your > smartarse comment :-) >
Heh, I'm in a real smarta(ss|rse) mood today. I don't know why. Maybe it's the alignment of the star^H^H^H^H read/write heads.
