How about Go's... error on unused imports?

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Justin Johansson" <no at spam.com> wrote in message 
news:hdin02$332$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Nick Sabalausky Wrote:
>
>>
>> "Justin Johansson" <no at spam.com> wrote in message
>> news:hdikl4$2rg7$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> > Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I think this is an environment issue. I like Eclipse's approach. Java
>> >> unnecessary imports are underlined with a wavy red line.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Andrei
>> >
>> > I don't like to engage in unnecessary debate but please consider:
>> >
>> > 1. the suggestion is for a warning message not an error (perhaps
>> > even enabled by a compiler switch or warning level),
>> >
>> > 2. by environment I presume you mean development system and/or
>> > editor. Sure Eclipse does okay with Java unused imports as you say.
>> > Now whist I use Eclipse with Descent plugin, relying on environment
>> > presupposes that environments support the feature.  Descent currently
>> > does not; perhaps it will in the near future.  It is fair conjecture
>> > though
>> > that widespead, mature support for D IDE-wise may well be sometime into
>> > the future.  This is to say nothing for those that prefer to hack with
>> > command line tools and light-weight editors.
>> >
>> > So in summary, my humble opinion is that placing this responsibility
>> > onto the environment is both pie in the sky and passing the buck.
>> >
>> > Justin
>> >
>>
>> *Your* humble opinion? You liar! That's my humble opinion too! ;)
>>
>> But yea, this is exactly the kind of thing that warnings (*true* 
>> warnings)
>> are *supposed* to be for.
>>
>> Also, as far as Java goes, *everything* is an environment issue. Hell, 
>> I'm
>> almost surprised they don't outlaw non-recursive functions, non-infinite
>> loops, generics and sources-across-multiple-files from Java just so they
>> could have Eclipse auto-generate that much more clutter and redundancy. 
>> Come
>> to think of it...if I ever get a chance, I'm going to make a language 
>> just
>> like that with a corresponding Eclipse plugin just to be an ass and make 
>> a
>> point ;)
>
> I'll pay that one Nick!!!  I admit that startled me at first when
> my lexical analyser scanned "liar" ahead of reading the rest of your
> smartarse comment :-)
>

Heh, I'm in a real smarta(ss|rse) mood today. I don't know why. Maybe it's 
the alignment of the star^H^H^H^H read/write heads.