DMD 1.036 and 2.020 releases

[Sergey Gromov]

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:04:56 -0700,
Sean Kelly wrote:
> Sergey Gromov wrote:
> > Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:40:28 -0700,
> > Sean Kelly wrote:
> >> Don wrote:
> >>> We also now have two modules called 'bitmanip', which is somewhat ironic 
> >>> since we brainstormed for ages trying to come up with a better name for 
> >>> it. Modules with duplicate names have caused linking problems in the 
> >>> past -- not sure if that applies here.
> >> It applies if the modules from both Phobos and druntime end up in the 
> >> same library on *nix.  Windows doesn't appear to have the same issue. 
> >> But I'd love to hear suggestions for alternative names-- I'm not 
> >> terribly good at naming modules :-p.
> >>
> >> Also, any I'd like to see how people feel about having three top-level 
> >> packages in druntime vs. one-- an alternative I'd considered was to put 
> >> everything under core.
> > 
> > I actually was expecting all the runtime stuff to be in core.* and was 
> > surprised to find std and sys there.
> 
> I didn't even create core until just recently--before that, the modules 
> in core were global, much like object.  So my thoughts on the druntime 
> package layout are still evolving.  I do now think that having a single 
> top-level package would probably be best, but figured I'd solicit 
> opinions before changing anything.

I think the <default> package should be left for the user.  This also 
gives you an opportunity to use package protection where appropriate.