[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


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--- Comment #8 from bearophile_hugs at eml.cc 2013-10-30 08:53:19 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> Btw, no extensions might be fine, but I'm totally against D sources having
> arbitrary extensions. People will start doing the same thing C++ programmers do
> and start inventing 20 different extensions for D sources, so you end up with
> extensions like:
> 
> .cpp
> .cxx
> .cp
> .cc
> .c++

+1.

If you offer programmers some freedom, someone will inevitably use it, often
with chaotic/confusing results (I see it every day in D.learn). Giving freedom
should be done only where there is a large advantage of doing it.

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