extern(C++, NS)

[deadalnix via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 29 November 2015 at 18:29:14 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 11/28/2015 8:40 PM, Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> The trouble mostly appears in this situation:
>>
>> file1.d
>>    extern(C++, NS) struct X;
>>
>> file2.d
>>    extern(C++, NS) struct Y;
>>
>> file3.d
>>    import file1, file2;
>>    X x; // nope
>>    Y y; // nope
>>    NS.X x; // NS has multiple definitions...
>>    NS.Y y; // NS has multiple definitions...
>
>     file1.NS.X x;
>     file2.NS.Y y;
>
> works.

Why not produce something similar to an overload set for C++ 
namespace ? An error needs to be issued only if X or Y is 
duplicated, otherwise, this is fine.