Symbol lookup rules and imports

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 12/3/14 8:00 AM, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> I'm finding it harder and harder to accept Walter's stance that symbol
> lookups should be kept simple and free from complications and convoluted
> corner cases, etc.. Except that it is*already*  full of convoluted
> pitfalls and corner cases you must avoid, as illustrated above. I wish
> we would just acknowledge that the current symbol lookup / import rules
> (or at least the implementation thereof) are inadequate, and find a
> clean solution to this long-standing issue, instead of hoping that
> denying the problem will somehow, magically, make it all go away.

I agree we need to take a closer look at name lookup now that local 
imports are becoming more popular. This may be one of those cases in 
which simpler language rules transfer complexity to the user.

Andrei