Specifying C++ symbols in C++ namespaces

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad" <ola.fosheim.grostad+dlang at gmail.com>]

On Saturday, 5 April 2014 at 12:58:54 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
> It shouldn't. The fact how entity is exposed via some external 
> binary interface should not have any notable impact on D side 
> of things (unless you dwell into ABI realm).

This is a design philosophical issue, you can make it normative 
if you want, but only if it is consistent with the overall design 
philosophy.

Working on making that philosophy explicit is important, D2 is 
showing some signs of having gone through a lot of evolutionary 
design and IMHO signs of a need for notational redesign. Meaning: 
recreate the syntax to fit the desired semantics that the 
language has obtained over time (as in designing it, not 
evolving).

Not distinguishing between C++/D does however have consequences: 
if foreign constructs have the same appearance as the language 
constructs then you should also make sure that all the semantics 
are the same. E.g. C++ exceptions, calls to C++ new etc have to 
be fully harmonized with D equivalents.