D is our last hope

[jmh530]

On Wednesday, 20 December 2023 at 00:36:31 UTC, Walter Bright 
wrote:
> 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"
> ------------
>
> thereby "converting" a .h file to a .c file.

I agree its not a showstopper problem, but it is a marketing 
problem for importC.