DIP61: Add namespaces to D

[Dicebot via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 28 April 2014 at 13:20:19 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 04:10:34 -0400, Andrej Mitrovic via 
> Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>
>> On 4/27/14, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d 
>> <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>>> When you find yourself doing things like that, seriously 
>>> consider creating a
>>> new
>>> module to do it, called "clock".
>>
>> That's not reliable, because static imports are not enforced. 
>> It means
>> anyone importing a module "clock" will automatically have all 
>> symbols
>> in "clock" imported into the current module, meaning this will 
>> work:
>>
>> -----
>> import clock;
>>
>> void main()
>> {
>>    auto time = currTime();  // note the lack of full 
>> qualification
>> }
>> -----
>
> And actually, this would have to be std.clock.currTime 
> (std.datetime.clock.currTime?)
>
> What you are looking for is renamed imports.
>
> import std.datetime.clock = clock;
>
> Which cannot be enforced. and that is really the problem.
>
> -Steve

"static module"?