imports - 2 years later

[Regan Heath]

On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:25:49 +1300, Regan Heath <regan at netwin.co.nz> wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:39:34 +0000, Ant <duitoolkit at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>> Regan Heath wrote:
>>> On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:35:22 +0000, Ant <duitoolkit at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>> Walter, we still have:
>>>>
>>>> gtk/TextBuffer.d(88): import gtk.TextBuffer.std conflicts with  
>>>> gtk.TextChildAnchor.std at gtk/TextChildAnchor.d(46)
>>>> gtk/TextBuffer.d(88): import gtk.TextBuffer.std conflicts with  
>>>> gtk.TextChildAnchor.std at gtk/TextChildAnchor.d(46)
>>>> gtk/TextBuffer.d(88): import gtk.TextBuffer.std conflicts with  
>>>> gtk.TextChildAnchor.std at gtk/TextChildAnchor.d(46)
>>>> gtk/TextBuffer.d(88): import gtk.TextBuffer.std conflicts with  
>>>> gtk.TextChildAnchor.std at gtk/TextChildAnchor.d(46)
>>>> gtk/TextBuffer.d(88): import gtk.TextBuffer.std conflicts with  
>>>> gtk.TextChildAnchor.std at gtk/TextChildAnchor.d(46)
>>>> gtk/TextBuffer.d(88): import gtk.TextBuffer.std conflicts with  
>>>> gtk.TextChildAnchor.std at gtk/TextChildAnchor.d(46)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> these are both private import std.string;
>>>>
>>>> the interesting thing is that I had a
>>>> private import std.c.stdio;
>>>> in one module that would supply std.string to a bunch of other modules
>>>>
>>>> well, I know you cannot do anything about this
>>>> and I know I cannot reduce this problem... but it's better than 2  
>>>> year ago! :)
>>>  If you post the code here someone else might have a go at reducing it.
>>>  Regan
>>
>> :) !
>>
>> linux 0.148 wait, let me grad 149... yep some with 149
>>
>> grab http://svn.dsource.org/projects/dui/trunk/src
>>
>> move the imports in src/gtk/TextBuffer.d to the module level
>> 	private import std.stdarg;
>> 	private import std.string;
>>
>> from the src dir compile the duitGtk lib with (change the absolute dirs  
>> at the end):
>>
>> dmd gtk/AboutDialog.d gtk/AccelGroup.d gtk/AccelLabel.d gtk/AccelMap.d  
>> gtk/Accessible.d gtk/Action.d gtk/ActionGroup.d gtk/Adjustment.d  
>> gtk/Alignment.d gtk/Arrow.d gtk/AspectFrame.d gtk/Bin.d  
>> gtk/BindingSet.d gtk/Box.d gtk/Button.d gtk/ButtonBox.d gtk/Calendar.d  
>> gtk/CellEditable.d gtk/CellLayout.d gtk/CellRenderer.d  
>> gtk/CellRendererCombo.d gtk/CellRendererPixbuf.d  
>> gtk/CellRendererProgress.d gtk/CellRendererText.d  
>> gtk/CellRendererToggle.d gtk/CellView.d gtk/CheckButton.d  
>> gtk/CheckMenuItem.d gtk/Clipboard.d gtk/ColorButton.d  
>> gtk/ColorSelection.d gtk/ColorSelectionDialog.d gtk/ComboBox.d  
>> gtk/ComboBoxEntry.d gtk/Container.d gtk/Curve.d gtk/Dialog.d  
>> gtk/DragAndDrop.d gtk/DrawingArea.d gtk/Duit.d gtk/Editable.d  
>> gtk/Entry.d gtk/EntryCompletion.d gtk/EventBox.d gtk/Expander.d  
>> gtk/FileChooser.d gtk/FileChooserButton.d gtk/FileChooserDialog.d  
>> gtk/FileChooserWidget.d gtk/FileFilter.d gtk/FileSelection.d  
>> gtk/Fixed.d gtk/FontButton.d gtk/FontSelection.d  
>> gtk/FontSelectionDialog.d gtk/Frame.d gtk/GCs.d gtk/GammaCurve.d  
>> gtk/HBox.d gtk/HButtonBox.d gtk/HPaned.d gtk/HRuler.d gtk/HScale.d  
>> gtk/HScrollbar.d gtk/HSeparator.d gtk/HandleBox.d gtk/IMContext.d  
>> gtk/IMContextSimple.d gtk/IMMulticontext.d gtk/IconInfo.d  
>> gtk/IconSource.d gtk/IconTheme.d gtk/IconView.d gtk/Idle.d gtk/Image.d  
>> gtk/ImageMenuItem.d gtk/InputDialog.d gtk/Invisible.d gtk/Item.d  
>> gtk/ItemFactory.d gtk/Label.d gtk/Layout.d gtk/ListStore.d  
>> gtk/MainWindow.d gtk/Menu.d gtk/MenuBar.d gtk/MenuItem.d  
>> gtk/MenuShell.d gtk/MenuToolButton.d gtk/MessageDialog.d gtk/Misc.d  
>> gtk/Notebook.d gtk/ObjectGtk.d gtk/Paned.d gtk/Plug.d gtk/Progress.d  
>> gtk/ProgressBar.d gtk/RadioAction.d gtk/RadioButton.d  
>> gtk/RadioMenuItem.d gtk/RadioToolButton.d gtk/Range.d gtk/RcStyle.d  
>> gtk/Ruler.d gtk/Scale.d gtk/Scrollbar.d gtk/ScrolledWindow.d  
>> gtk/Selections.d gtk/Separator.d gtk/SeparatorMenuItem.d  
>> gtk/SeparatorToolItem.d gtk/Settings.d gtk/Signals.d gtk/SizeGroup.d  
>> gtk/Socket.d gtk/SpinButton.d gtk/StandardEnumerations.d  
>> gtk/Statusbar.d gtk/StockItem.d gtk/Style.d gtk/Table.d  
>> gtk/TearoffMenuItem.d gtk/TextAttributes.d gtk/TextBuffer.d  
>> gtk/TextChildAnchor.d gtk/TextIter.d gtk/TextMark.d gtk/TextTag.d  
>> gtk/TextTagTable.d gtk/TextView.d gtk/Timeout.d gtk/ToggleAction.d  
>> gtk/ToggleButton.d gtk/ToggleToolButton.d gtk/ToolButton.d  
>> gtk/ToolItem.d gtk/Toolbar.d gtk/Tooltips.d gtk/TreeDragSource.d  
>> gtk/TreeIter.d gtk/TreeModel.d gtk/TreeModelFilter.d  
>> gtk/TreeModelSort.d gtk/TreeNode.d gtk/TreePath.d  
>> gtk/TreeRowReference.d gtk/TreeSelection.d gtk/TreeSortable.d  
>> gtk/TreeStore.d gtk/TreeView.d gtk/TreeViewColumn.d gtk/Types.d  
>> gtk/UIManager.d gtk/VBox.d gtk/VButtonBox.d gtk/VPaned.d gtk/VRuler.d  
>> gtk/VScale.d gtk/VScrollbar.d gtk/VSeparator.d gtk/Version.d  
>> gtk/Viewport.d gtk/Widget.d gtk/Window.d gtk/WindowGroup.d  
>> gtk/typedefs.d  lib/Loader.d  lib/paths.d  lib/gtk.d  
>> -I/home/ruimt/devel/D1/Duit/src:/home/ruimt/dmd/src/phobos:/home/ruimt/devel/D1/Duit/src:/home/ruimt/dmd/src/phobos  
>> -c -gc -od/home/ruimt/devel/D1/Duit/obj/src -op
>>
>>
>> wc src/*/*.d
>> 165810  715148 5459708 total
>>
>> wc src/gtk/*.d
>> 75926  312346 2279989 total
>>
>> but mostly comments
>>
>> This is a big problem for D that Walter chooses to attribute low  
>> priority.
>
> I believe Walter discourages the use of import inside a class and I  
> believe your use of them is the reason for the problem.
>
> For example, if you move all the imports within these 3 files to the  
> module level:
>    gobject/ObjectG.d
>    gtk/TextBuffer.d
>    gtk/TextChildAnchor.d
>
> the errors vanish.. of course it results in different errors, most of  
> which can be resolved by adding:
>    private import std.string;
>
> to the files which use std.string.toString.

I tried compiling on windows.. and it compiles with no errors. Odd. I was  
hoping to get the same error on windows so I could produce a minimal test  
case. Sorry I can't be of more help.

Regan