Proposal: Make imports private by default

[Bruno Medeiros]

Following the recent generalized discussion about imports, and the entry 
in the wiki of proposals of new kinds of imports, and also the idea I've 
mentioned before of using the wiki to keep track of proposals, I have 
launched this thread as the primary point of discussion for a very well 
known and familiar proposal:

== Make imports private by default ==

-- Description --
All import statements which do not have a "protection" attribute should 
default to private, instead of public.


-- Rationale (PROS) --
It is argued that private imports constitute the vast majority of 
imports in D code, and as such, for the sake of brevity, they should be 
the default.

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I have created a wiki entry for this proposal:
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?DCP_DefaultPrivateImports

I also tried, with that proposal, to create and experiment with a set of 
  ideas for creating and managing proposals(the D Change Proposal). This 
is discussed in another thread.

Use this thread for discussion of this proposal. If you think there is 
anything relevant to say (or re-say), do so. And do place your 
vote/opinion on the wiki entry. :)


-- 
Bruno Medeiros - CS/E student
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?BrunoMedeiros#D