Proposal: this.d

[Kirk McDonald]

Downs wrote:
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> Kirk McDonald wrote:
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>>When a user says "import pkg;" (where pkg is a package), it should
>>actually import a special module called "pkg/this.d". The name "this",
>>being a keyword, cannot be used as a regular module name, and so there
>>is no chance of it interfering with existing packages. It also evokes
>>existing D syntax.
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> On the other hand, using all.d has the advantage of working better with
> existing libraries (which often use this naming), as well as being more
> obvious.
>  --downs' 2¢

Such packages would only have to add:

//this.d
module pkg;
public import pkg.all;

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Kirk McDonald
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