[Issue 12368] std.file.write conflicts with std.stdio.write

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https://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=12368


Jakob Ovrum <jakobovrum at gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |jakobovrum at gmail.com
         Resolution|                            |INVALID


--- Comment #2 from Jakob Ovrum <jakobovrum at gmail.com> 2014-03-15 02:15:33 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> import std.stdio, std.file;
> string s, fn;
> write(fn, s);
> 
> I think there should be a writeFile alias to avoid this conflict.

There's a ton of these in Phobos (another common example is `copy`), and
they're not a problem due to how the module system works.

Your example is correctly an error. It's up to the user to disambiguate - the
user has a ton of options in doing so, including:

1 ----
import std.stdio;
static import std.file;

string s, fn;
write(fn, s);
std.file.write(fn, s);
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2 ----
import std.stdio;
import file = std.file;

string s, fn;
write(fn, s);
file.write(fn, s);
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3 ----
import std.stdio : stdoutWrite = write;
import std.file : fileWrite = write;

string s, fn;
stdoutWrite(fn, s);
fileWrite(fn, s);
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4 ----
import std.stdio;

void func()
{
    import std.file;

    string s, fn;
    .write(fn, s);
    write(fn, s);
}
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The list goes on forever. Closing this because this is by design - if you still
have a problem with that design, it would need some serious convincing on the
NG to warrant any changes.

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