Importing text file, path not found

[Dicebot]

On Tuesday, 18 February 2014 at 08:45:16 UTC, Tolga Cakiroglu 
(tcak) wrote:
> 1. Because I am giving the full path of that file to be 
> imported. But compiler is complaining about that it cannot find 
> the file. If I remove the path, and leave the file name only, 
> it works. Am I doing something wrong, or bug?
>
> 2. Why do I need to tell compiler where to look at if I am 
> going to tell where the file is already? Shouldn't it be like 
> "Hey compiler, if you cannot while the file, look at those 
> places", and I shouldn't need to use J flag if not necessary?

It is a matter of security I think. By restricting imports to 
only explicitly allowed locations and prohibiting fully-qualified 
paths dmd guarantees you that compiled program won't access 
anything outside of that sandbox. That way compilation process 
stays relatively safe.