The dmd.conf rant

[Daniel Murphy via Digitalmars-d]

"Martin Nowak"  wrote in message news:mffl5h$107q$1 at digitalmars.com...

> ### conclusion
>
> The lookup order for the config file should be changed to the following.
> - next to dmd binary (highest precedence so that I can have multiple
> installations)
> - per-user conf folder (HOME) (to override the system-wide config)
> - system-wide conf folder (to allow package installations .deb/.rpm)
>
> The current situation is unmaintainable.

I agree, although I'm pleased that it's at least _possible_ to manually 
choose a specific dmd.conf now.

Another thing that seems to be missing is a way to say "only look at the 
dmd.conf in the same dir as the binary".  That wouldn't be perfect, but 
would make it a lot easier.