D as A Better C?

[Manu]

On 12 February 2014 16:11, eles <eles at eles.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, 12 February 2014 at 03:28:57 UTC, Manu wrote:
>
>> On 12 February 2014 12:11, Manu <turkeyman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  On 12 February 2014 05:43, Walter Bright <newshound2 at digitalmars.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>
>> I've changed my mind. Depending on a functional link-stripper sucks.
>> I think it's definitely useful, although I think it should be implemented
>> as a suite of flags, not just a single one. Sure, a convenience flag can
>> be
>> offered, but as an implementation detail, it should be a suite of flags.
>>
>
> I like this and I also think providing compiler switches (ie. without
> naming the subset) as being acceptable.
>
> However, what if I would need those switches for just one particular
> module and the functions therein? How to compile only those modules with
> the switches?
>
> Only through manual compile/linking?
>

Yes, exactly as with C++ today. It shouldn't be an unfamiliar problem to
most.
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