Modules/packages correspondence to file system

[Bruno Medeiros]

BCS wrote:
> 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)

Why is that, why wouldn't you use build's functionality?

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