On Thursday, 15 March 2012 at 10:39:04 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer
wrote:
On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:19:33 -0400, Jacob Carlborg
I think object.d should be empty except for the definition of
Object. The rest should be located in their own modules and
publicly imported in object.d
I think the compiler would have to change for that to happen.
I would support such a change, but then again, it seems like
we'd get little measurable benefit for it, making it difficult
to get through Walter.
-Steve
Why would that pose a problem to DMD? object.d is a regular D
module and D provides a public import feature. If that fails for
some modules it should be considered a bug in the compiler.
I disagree about the side of the benefit. This gains us
readability of code which is IMO a MAJOR benefit. It's not just
the object.d module but a lot of phobos too.
It frustrates me to no end Andrei's refusal to accept a design
proven to work for half a century (which is already utilized by
the compiler!) - the File System. Choosing instead to duplicate
organization features inside DDOC as sections. This is a classic
example of a code smell.
