A gentle critque..

[Walter Bright]

Ben Cooley wrote:
> I would suggest that a standard C and C plus plus compiler and parser be
> integrated into D, and that it not "convert" files, but just parse them directly
> without modification.  If the equivalent C or C plus plus construct is not
> available in D, D should provide a way of accessing that construct as a foreign
> object.  

That is a good idea, and I've toyed with it. The problem with it is that 
it pulls the rug out from other implementations of D. People won't want 
to use them because they'll expect the dmd 'extension' of being able to 
parse .h files directly.