version and extern problems

[Bill Baxter]

0ffh wrote:
> nonnymouse wrote:
>> Surely that's just an "x is not defined on line 2" error?
> 
> Nope. This, for example, is a perfectly valid D programme:
> 
> ---<snip>---
> module test;
> 
> int y=3+x;
> const int x=5;
> 
> void main()
> {
>   printf("x=%i y=%i\n",x,y);
> }
> ---<snap>---
> 
> Seems like D collects all declarations first, unlike C.
> 
> Regards, Frank


The snippet you snipped was:
const string x = "abc" ~ foo;
const string foo = x[1..4];

So more like
const int y=3+x;
const int x=5+y;

No matter which order you scan that, you can't come to a valid order of 
initialization.

--bb