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

[Clay Smith]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Clay Smith <clay.smith.r at gmail.com> wrote:
>> bearophile wrote:
>>> Clay Smith:
>>>
>>>> I would like my all.d files to not give errors :o<
>>> "all.d" files are a hack used to patch one of the minor holes of the
>>> current D module system. The right way to do that is with a syntax like
>>> (that must not import the 'foo' name too in the current namespace, only the
>>> names inside "std.foo"):
>>>
>>> import std.foo: *;
>>>
>>> Every part of a language needs to be designed with care. Approximate
>>> designs with several holes aren't enough.
>>>
>>> Bye,
>>> bearophile
>> That would be a nice feature.
> 
> It would be a convenient feature, but in both Java and Python where
> they have this feature, its use is frowned upon.
> 
> --bb

I don't understand why its frowned upon, if you really want to see what 
you are importing then look at the folder where the import is coming from.