[Issue 2457] New: Detecting circular module dependencies at compile time

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2457

           Summary: Detecting circular module dependencies at compile time
           Product: D
           Version: 1.036
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: bugzilla at digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: dhasenan at gmail.com


I've been getting a lot of runtime errors about circular module dependencies.
It'd save me some time if the compiler could detect at least some of these. The
runtime doesn't have a chance of giving a reasonable error message, but the
compiler could. At the very least, it'd save some time.


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