D as A Better C?

[John Colvin]

On Wednesday, 12 February 2014 at 14:15:55 UTC, Manu wrote:
> 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.

How does that work with templates across modules?