cycle dependencies

[Andrea Fontana]

On Wednesday, 30 May 2018 at 12:09:21 UTC, DigitalDesigns wrote:
> Seriously stupid bug here!
>
> I had an enum an static this() { } (empty, forgot why I added 
> it) one module and an struct in another module that converted 
> values from the enum. I imported only that enum and guess 
> what?!?! Cycle dependency! removed the static this() { } and 
> worked!
>
> The cycle dependency checking code is far too ignorant. It just 
> blindly checks without any rationale. Someone said this was 
> because phobos had a bug in it so the cycles were checked, 
> maybe it's time to address that issue rather than breaking code 
> arbitrarily?

I think an example would be useful. Anyway, if you think there's 
a bug there, write a report: https://issues.dlang.org

Andrea