Modules/packages correspondence to file system

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Tue Jul 18 15:04:40 PDT 2006


Hasan Aljudy wrote:
> 
> 
> jcc7 wrote:
> 
>> In article <e9jaad$1mlg$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, Lars E. says...
>>
>>> Why are tools like build (http://dsource.org/projects/build) even 
>>> neccessary?
>>
>>
>>
>> I disagree that they are "neccessary", but they are useful.
>>
>> These tools are useful because they provide functionality that isn't 
>> currently
>> available in dmd/gdc. Maybe someday the compilers include more 
>> features that
>> Build has, and Build would become less useful. (But I suspect that 
>> won't happen
>> any time soon and Build will continue to be quite useful for a long 
>> time.) ;)
>>
>> jcc7
> 
> 
> I think his point was, build shouldn't have been needed in the first 
> place, because the functionality should've been a part of dmd.

If it was there, my immediate first question would be "How do I turn it 
off?" and my next question would be (several months later) "DMD does 
that?". (repeat question 1)



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