std.functional.compose compilation error

[bachmeier via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Thursday, 25 August 2016 at 17:49:26 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
> On Thursday, 25 August 2016 at 15:04:43 UTC, Jonathan M Davis 
> wrote:
>
>> Yes. Because the module is compose, within that file, compose 
>> will refer to the module, not anything you import. The 
>> selective import essentially creates a local alias like
>>
>> alias compose = std.functional.compose;
>>
>> as part of the import, so then within that scope, compose 
>> refers to that alias and not to the module. You'll run into 
>> the same problem any time that you give a module the same name 
>> as a symbol that you're importing.
>>
>> - Jonathan M Davis
>
> Is there a reason there is not a warning for this when 
> compiling? I think it explains a problem I had some time ago 
> that cost me a lot of time.

I mean there should be a better message.