How about Go's... error on unused imports?

[Leandro Lucarella]

Walter Bright, el 12 de noviembre a las 19:35 me escribiste:
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> >I think this is an environment issue. I like Eclipse's approach.
> >Java unnecessary imports are underlined with a wavy red line.
> 
> I agree. I would find it very annoying to have to remove unused
> imports to get it to compiler. First off, I tend to have "all"
> imports that import everything.

That's odd, first you say you think D would be a failure if it needs an
IDE and now you say that the only way to avoid unnecessary dependencies
you should rely on an IDE =)

I really think this should be a compiler feature. Make it a warning then
(and while you are at it, make it a *real* warning, not a warning-error).

> Secondly, what if I version out some code, wouldn't want to version the
> import too.

Why?

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