The dmd.conf rant

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 04:28:43AM +0200, Martin Nowak via Digitalmars-d wrote:
[...]
> That dmd.conf is driving me crazy.

No kidding, after idgen.d got merged, I had to spend about an *hour*
trying to figure out how to get things to build with the right conf
files.


[...]
> ### 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.

+1. This is the order that makes the most sense. I'm astonished it
wasn't implemented this way from the start.


T

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