Specifying C++ symbols in C++ namespaces

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 4/3/14, 4:19 AM, Daniel Murphy wrote:
> "Walter Bright"  wrote in message news:lhi1lt$269h$1 at digitalmars.com...
>
>> Here's Andrei's proposal:
>>
>>      extern (C++) template nspace() {
>>          int foo();
>>      }
>
> This is really ugly and complicated.
>
> Why not just
>
> pragma(cpp_namespace, "outer")
> {
>     pragma(cpp_namespace, "inner")
>     {
>         extern(C++) void func();
>     }
> }
>
> which is trivial to implement and doesn't require parser or semantic
> changes?

I don't quite see how one is ugly and complicated and the other is... 
pretty and simple? Anyhow de gustibus.

> Adding syntax for actual namespaces to D is a different beast and IMO
> not worthwhile.

Agreed.


Andrei