Linkage

[Karl Bochert]

In article <e8ar15$14l5$2 at digitaldaemon.com>, Lars Ivar Igesund says...
>
>Karl Bochert wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to call a function in one file from another.
>> In particular I take the the winsamp.d demo ( where WinMain() calls
>> myWinMain() ) and I move the myWinMain() fucntion to a new file (winapp.d)
>> and lable it 'export'. Both files compile, but the linker complains that
>> myWinMain() is not found. More confusingly, if I leave myWinMain() in the
>> winsamp.d file as well as putting it in the second file, the linker
>> complains that it CAN find both myWinMain() functions.
>> 
>> So how do I link a function across files??
>
>Note that export don't make much sense in this case. A function in one file
>can be used in the other if the file is imported:
>
>file1.d
>------------
>module file1;
>
>void foo() {}
>
>file2.d
>-----------
>module file2;
>
>private import file1;
>
>main()
>{
>  foo();
>}
>
>
>
>-- 
>Lars Ivar Igesund
>blog at http://larsivi.net
>DSource & #D: larsivi

Which brings up another question:

As I understand it, if file1 were in a subdirectory, it would be:
import subdir.file1

Suppose file1.d is in a parallel directory -- i.e. '..\utildir\file1.d' ?
or in the parent directory '..' ?