[Issue 3420] [PATCH] Allow string import of files using subdirectories

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3420



--- Comment #14 from Leandro Lucarella <llucax at gmail.com> 2009-12-04 10:12:16 PST ---
Doesn't work on Linux, so this is a Windows-only problem (well, it was a
Windows-only fix really :). Here is the fix:
http://www.dsource.org/projects/dmd/changeset/156#file64

This is the entry in the DMD 1.042 changelog that fixed this problem:
* Fix bug where / wasn't recognized as a path separator on Windows.

Try with import("dir\\data.txt"), it should fail to compile in DMD 1.006+.

So, summarizing:

* DMD 1.006 introduces a regression, which is supposed to be a feature.
* Supposing this is a real feature, you were relying on a bug in your programs,
if you code them with DMD 1.006+ in the first place.
* The specs are not clear about this, reading the specs there is no reason to
think that import("a/b") shouldn't work (i.e., at least there should be a
compiler switch to make it work or the specs should be fixed to reflect the
reality).
* There is a better solution to relax the current restrictions without being
completely promiscuous about string imports (see attached patch).

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