[Issue 11365] Allow D source file names to have no extension (or an arbitrary extension)

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=11365



--- Comment #7 from Leandro Lucarella <leandro.lucarella at sociomantic.com> 2013-10-30 08:41:42 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > I just updated the title of the issue, arbitrary extension names should be
> > allowed for the same reason. 
> 
> So you're the one adding this. What benefit do you see with arbitrary
> extensions?

First, it worth mention that the extension problem with C++ only happened to
C++ for historical reasons. There is no reason to think it will happen to D as
it doesn't happen in any other language that is flexible in terms of naming
files.

The reason of having an arbitrary file NAME (the extension is just an
artificial separation of a file name) is the same mentioned in the issue
description. The compiler have no reason to limit how can I name files. Why if
I want to create a script that's called "dlang.org". For some reason I might
have a system to fetch stuff from websites and call the scripts after the host
name.

The moment D tries to pretend it can be used for scripting is the moment D lost
its right to place limitations on file naming. Is that simple.

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