Fixing module-scope private

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Sun Jan 27 06:06:25 PST 2013


On 1/27/13 8:27 AM, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 01/27/2013 01:25 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 1/26/13 6:13 PM, Peter Alexander wrote:
>>> On Saturday, 26 January 2013 at 22:23:05 UTC, mist wrote:
>>>> Made me sad and wondering: was there any DIP after that thread or it
>>>> has ended, as it often happens, with a decision to "plan carefully"?
>>>
>>> I *think* Walter is still against changing it, on the grounds that it
>>> would make module-level private different from any other type of
>>> private.
>>
>> Walter and I believe it is necessary to define module private in a way
>> that makes the symbol impossible to leak. Work on a detailed DIP would
>> be definitely welcome. Walter enumerated a few concerns that the DIP
>> should address in a message. What was the title of the past discussion?
>>
>> Andrei
>
> http://forum.dlang.org/post/kb86il$1u9v$1@digitalmars.com

Thanks. That's the one! Looking forward to seeing a DIP.

Andrei


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