Function overloading concern

[Sean Kelly]

Mike Capp wrote:
> 
> My main concern about the proposal as it currently stands is that I can't see
> how build tools like "make" can possibly work with it. The model is no longer
> "compile a bunch of separate objects and throw them at the linker". To compile a
> source file you need to have compiled all source files it depends on, and all
> source files *they* depend on, and so on. I'm increasing worried that the whole
> module concept may not be workable in a language that doesn't allow references
> to undeclared symbols at compile time.

This is my concern as well.  Just how far will they truly be able to 
abstract themselves from the include model?  However, I haven't yet read 
the proposal so perhaps I should do so before speculating further.


Sean