"Error: function expected before (), not module *module* of type void

[Dustin Mays]

Steven Schveighoffer Wrote:

> "Dustin Mays" wrote
> > I'm getting the following error message when trying to compile a test-app 
> > I wrote:
> > diceroller.d(9): Error: function expected before (), not module rollDice 
> > of type void
> 
> I know you fixed the problem, but just an FYI, the reason is because when 
> you import rollDice, you bring both rollDice the module and rollDice the 
> function into the global namespace (which confuses the compiler 'cause it 
> doesn't know what symbol you want to use).  This is normally avoided in 
> libraries by having a package tree.  So for example, if you created 
> everything in the subdirectory foo, and had your modules be:
> 
> module foo.diceroller;
> import foo.rollDice;
> 
> Then the import would import the module foo.rollDice, and the function 
> rollDice, and the compiler would no longer be confused about what you are 
> trying to call.
> 
> IMO, this makes it difficult to write multi-file applications that live in 
> one directory.  It would be nice if this was changed...
> 
> -Steve 
> 
> 
Thanks for the explanation, that confirmed what I thought was happening. :)