DMD 1.038 and 2.022 releases

[Frits van Bommel]

Denis Koroskin wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:39:08 +0300, Bill Baxter <wbaxter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'd love to have an unnecessary import finder tool.  How does that work?
>>
>> --bb
> 
> It's easy: remove an import and try if it still works :)
> I recompile that file only and since all the imports are private, it 
> generally doesn't break other files.
> 
> The only exception - templates. They aren't fully analyzed until 
> instanciated and therefore some imports may be removed even if they are 
> necessary. A simple tag prevents an import from removal:

Some more exceptions:
* http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=313 ("Fully qualified 
names bypass private imports")
* http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=314 ("Static, renamed, 
and selective imports are always public")