File Ex from std_stdio won't compile

[Paul]

On Wednesday, 18 April 2012 at 12:42:26 UTC, simendsjo wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:09:20 +0200, Paul <phshaffer at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> I copied the code below from this site under the std.stdio 
>> library reference section and tried to compile it.  I 
>> downloaded D2/Phobos.  Compiler says "fileread.d(4): Error: 
>> undefined identifier File"
>>
>> If I add import std.stdio to the beginning it get ; expected, 
>> function declaration w/o return type, etc.
>>
>> Assistance is greatly appreciated.
>>
>>  void main(string args[])
>> {
>>     auto f = File("test.txt", "w"); // open for writing
>>     f.write("Hello");
>>     if (args.length > 1)
>>     {
>>         auto g = f; // now g and f write to the same file
>>                     // internal reference count is 2
>>         g.write(", ", args[1]);
>>         // g exits scope, reference count decreases to 1
>>     }
>>     f.writeln("!");
>>     // f exits scope, reference count falls to zero,
>>     // underlying FILE* is closed.
>> }
>
> As you note, File is a part of stdio. I think you might have 
> forgotten to terminate the import statement with a semicolon.
> The following should work:
>
> import std.stdio;
> void main() {
>     auto f = File("test.txt", "w");
>     f.write("Hello");
> }

Arrgh.  I was so close.  Thank you.