Proposed improvements to the separate compilation model

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:43:13 +0300, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

>> One of the reasons I
>> ran from C++ is due to not having to maintain header files any longer.
>> Whatever your reasons are for manually-maintained .di files, let's not
>> consider them a cure-all for all large project problems.
>
> Probably this is a misunderstanding. I'm giving a realistic option, not  
> adding a constraint.

OK. It's just that from where I'm standing, to me it looks like you've  
already decided on a course without seriously considering the benefits of  
a more general solution, as well as comparing the amount of work necessary  
for either path. As you've seen, I have some strong personal opinions  
about manually-maintained .di files. Performing the same change twice many  
times per day is the kind of repetitive, mind-numbing work that makes you  
hate the language, the project, your job, and your boss (for not allowing  
use of a better language/solution). I've done it in C, C++, Delphi, I  
don't want to do it in D too.

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  Vladimir                            mailto:vladimir at thecybershadow.net