Specifying C++ symbols in C++ namespaces

[deadalnix]

On Friday, 4 April 2014 at 22:17:45 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
> On Friday, 4 April 2014 at 19:33:34 UTC, Simen Kjærås wrote:
>> I'm not entirely sure I follow you here. Is this what you mean?
>>
>> extern(C++) module nspace {
>>    int foo();
>> }
>>
>> void main() {
>>    foo();        // Either this does not work, (#1)
>>    nspace.foo(); // or this does not work.     (#2)
>> }
>>
>> If so, is that really bad? I'd say the better choice is to 
>> make #2 work, as then #1 can be made to work with a simple 
>> alias:
>>
>> alias foo = nspace.foo;
>>
>> If I'm far off into the fields of ignorance now, care to show 
>> me the way to a better understanding?
>
> #2 should not compile. D currently does not have any notion of 
> namespaces other than modules / aggregates and I am against 
> introducing those just for the sake of interfacing with C++.

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