Is the module system in D fundamentally flawed?

[Sean Kelly]

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> "torhu" <no at spam.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:g8a6iu$kg$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> z wrote:
>>> Anyone can give a summary, or guilelines on how to live with D's module 
>>> system
>>> to avoid some common mistakes.
>> There are several bug reports relating to this problem, so it's a well 
>> known issue.  I suppose Walter doesn't see it as a high priority right 
>> now, since you can always work around it.
> 
> I'm sorry, but after dealing with this for 4 years, I've come to disregard 
> "putting everything into one module" as a valid workaround.  Forward 
> references should not exist, I don't care how hard they are to get rid of. 

Forward references are illegal in D :-)  This was the first thing I 
tried as a workaround for this compiler issue.  It can make designing 
interdependent code a bit dicey at times.


Sean