std.stringbuffer

[Sean Kelly]

== Quote from Steven Schveighoffer (schveiguy at yahoo.com)'s article
> "Bill Baxter" wrote
> > Janice Caron wrote:
> >> 2008/4/30 Me Here :
> >>>> "std.string" is a module, so it can't also be a package. That's a
> >>>> limitation of the D language.
> >>>  Now. This is where you show me up to be nothing but a pretender in this
> >>> forum.
> >>>  I have no idea what the distinction is be tween thos two in D.
> >>
> >> One is file, the other is a folder. std.string is a file, so it can't
> >> also be a folder.
> >>
> >
> > Herein lies the genius in Tango's naming conventions.  You *can* have both
> > a package std.string, and a module named std.String.  If you consistently
> > use different case for package and module names, then you can have your
> > cake and eat it too.
> Not on Windoze :)

It should still work, I believe.  The source file will have a .d extension and the folder
won't, so there shouldn't be a filesystem collision.  Or are you saying that the
compiler does some checking behind the scenes anyway?  I'll admit I've never
actually tried this.


Sean