Bug in -J

[rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d]

On 12/08/2017 3:34 AM, Mr. Pib wrote:
> I have -J added to the command line like
> 
> -JC:\Temp
> 
> I then use import(r"C:\Temp\a.dat");
> 
> and I get an error about the file not existing in the
> 
> main.d: Error: file "C:\\Temp\\a.dat" cannot be found or not in a path 
> specified with -J
> 
> It seems dmd does internally compare the paths to see if they are 
> identical.
> 
> Of course, removing the C:\Temp\ part of import works fine.
> 
> The problem with that approach is it then is not consistent with other 
> code. I need to specify the full path because sometimes it is used.
> 
> essentially
> 
> version(X)
> import(path)
> else
> load(path);
> 
> while I could do something like
> 
> import(baseName(path))
> 
> it seems kinda clunky, in any case. It's pretty obvious that one excepts 
> the same behavior so it could create bugs in code that except the 
> behavior to work correctly.

Most likely related or is the issue[0].

[0] https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3420