On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Walter Bright <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote: > Bill Baxter wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:07 AM, bearophile <bearophileh...@lycos.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Mike Hearn: >>> >>>> With a few minor improvements (eg namespace support) that'd save a lot >>>> of time.< >>> >>> This change to D language is not planned. You can explain why you think >>> namespace support is useful (and you can explain those other minor >>> improvements too). >> >> To be more specific, Walter thinks is good enough namespace support >> (in addition to the fact that every module is a namespace). > > > Essentially all the uses of C++ namespaces I've seen map nicely onto D's > module system.
It's pretty common to see bits of a namespace get spread across many files. There's no way to do that in D. But I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a necessity. --bb
