Clarification about compilation model and the mapping of package names to directory.

[Bruno Medeiros via Digitalmars-d]

On 29/04/2016 17:49, Claude wrote:
>> "supplying import module paths manually" ? How would that even work?
>> Suppose you want to compile main.d separately. You'd need to supply to
>> the compiler an option for each module with non-standard path, such as
>> `xxx.foo=foo.d;xxx.bar=bar.d`, etc..
>
> No, the command-line option could be much simpler:
> dmd -c myimplementation.d -Imyinterface.d
>
> Just like when you compile and link both myimplementation.d and
> myinterface.d (and it resolves import locations on its own). Except you
> tell the compiler it just needs to look for declarations within
> myinterface.d, and not actually compiling it.
>

Fair enough, that does make it a simpler option. I still don't like it 
though.

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