D is our last hope

[Walter Bright]

On 12/19/2023 1:42 PM, jmh530 wrote:
> You said it was a good idea and that it could work, but then you gave another 
> approach of putting files with duplicate names on the command line to override 
> search pattern behavior. Iain said that can lead to duplicate symbols. And the 
> discussion petered out.

We couldn't find a solution that satisfied both of us.

It's not a showstopper problem. At worst, you can do:

---file.c---
#include "file.h"
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thereby "converting" a .h file to a .c file.