DIP11

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-08-12 00:42, Martin Nowak wrote:
> It really looks sound to me.
>
> ---
> module myfile;
> pragma(imppath, "dep=www.dpan.org/dep");
> import dep.a;
> ---
>
> remote file
> ---
> module dep.a;
>
> // link directives
> pragma(libpath, "dep=www.dpan.org/dep");
> pragma(lib, "dep");
>
> // or alternatively some new pragma like this to cause linking the
> imported package
> pragma(build, "dep")
>
> // additional dependency
> pragma(imppatch, "dep2=www.dpan.org/dep2");
> ---
>
> Versioning can be easily resolved by using urls like
> www.dpan.org/dep?version=0.45 or www.dpan.org/dep-greaterthan-0.45.
>
> Pro:
> - scales from local dependencies to VPN sharing to package websites to
> even dynamically generated source code
> - simple implementation compilerwise

We will be very dependent on Walter or anyone else that knows the 
compiler, which, as far as I know, are quite few. I'm not sure if 
anything _is_ simple in the compiler.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg