DIP61: Add namespaces to D

[Dicebot via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 26 April 2014 at 23:35:44 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 4/26/2014 2:45 PM, Dicebot wrote:
>> On Saturday, 26 April 2014 at 20:17:45 UTC, Walter Bright 
>> wrote:
>>> On 4/26/2014 1:06 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>>> BTW, can't we just handle this automatically in a tool like 
>>>> DStep, with the help
>>>> of pragma(mangle).
>>>
>>> Just setting the name mangling is not enough. There's also 
>>> the issue of how
>>> does one refer to A.B.foo() rather than C.D.foo() ?
>>
>> By putting first foo in A/B.d and second foo in C/D.d
>
> Unfortunately, C++ programmers don't use namespaces in a way 
> that corresponds to the .h file names. By forcing them to lay 
> out their D interface files quite differently than their .h 
> files, it puts a large burden on them.

Well this is only reason why I am not adamant about this and 
eager to compromise ;)

Still, providing tool that does C++ .h to .di conversion but does 
idiomatic adaptation to D module system sounds like a better 
long-term solution which will benefit both existing D 
infrastructure and interests of C++ programmers.