String import an entire directory

[Adrian Matoga]

On Saturday, 11 November 2017 at 14:11:50 UTC, Neia Neutuladh 
wrote:
> At my job, I put together a database migration tool for our 
> services. It scans for resources in your JAR file with an 
> appropriate path, interprets them as SQL scripts, and applies 
> them to the database if it hasn't been done yet.
>
> I want to implement this in D. However, while D allows you to 
> import individual files, it doesn't let you import an entire 
> directory.
>
> I can make a prebuild script to generate code for this, but I'm 
> wondering: do other people find themselves needing this 
> periodically? If so, I can write a DIP for it, or at least 
> publish a codegen tool that other people can use.

Why do you want to import files at compile time? Why can't it be 
done in run time, by simply reading directory with dirEntries and 
opening std.stdio.File for each one?