import concerns (was Re: Historical language survey)

[kris]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Brad Roberts wrote:
[snip]
>> How much begging would it take to try for a release or two having 
>> private symbols invisible to the importer?  It's really much more 
>> intuitive, imho.  I haven't looked at this part of the front end code, 
>> but if it's easy, feel free to make it controllable via a compiler 
>> option just for the experiment's time frame.
> 
> 
> The problems happen when one has:
> 
> void foo(int x);
> private void foo(long x);
> 
> So the first foo is found, then overload rules apply, and the second foo 
> is selected.


So, in D, what does private actually mean? The verbose version if you 
wouldn't mind, with all known corner-cases noted?

I think the full explanation would help a lot, since it's often easier 
to remember the things one should not do, rather than those one should.