Phobos' std.conv.text functions

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 03:15:07PM +0000, via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> I have been bitten by the std.conv.text family of functions twice now
> and while it's not a major issue, I think it still an issue that is
> worth fixing and perhaps prevent similar issues in the future.
> 
> First time I got bitten was because of local imports shadowing local
> symbols without error or at least a warning.
> 
> auto stuff(string text) {
>   import std.conv;
> 
>   foreach(ch; text.byDchar) {
>   }
> }

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10378

Kenji has a pull for this, let's hope it goes through.


T

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