Library standardization

[Walter Bright]

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> As far as I know, a compiled Java .class file can work in place of the 
> source file from which it was generated.  The .class file contains all the 
> declarations in a table, so the compiler doesn't have to parse any code.

That's right, the compiler just uses the .class file.

> The eqivalent isn't really possible with any current implementation of D, 
> since all D compilers now use typical object file formats instead of a 
> custom format.  I mean, I suppose it's _possible_ to embed some information 
> into the object file and have the compiler read it out, but I have no idea 
> what that would entail or if all object file formats would support that, 
> etc.. 

Yes, it is certainly possible to embed the information in the .obj file. 
But it's kind of "why bother". Furthermore, in the future, the 1:1 
correspondence between .obj files and source files may go away.