version and extern problems

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"Jason House" <jason.james.house at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:f6qq5d$1s0u$1 at digitalmars.com...
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> This seems like a real loss for the convenience of D.  One of the assets 
> of the D language is that it makes a lot of things simple.  The example in 
> the bug is fairly intuitive and easy to write.
>

I agree.  I think it's funny that none of the proposed solutions are 
anywhere near as simple or intuitive as the old, incorrect syntax.  Perhaps 
this is telling.