Identifier resolution, the great implementation defined mess.

[Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d]

On 21/09/14 22:04, Walter Bright wrote:

> Lookup rules are straightforward:
>
>    scope is current scope
>    do {
>        look up name in scope
>        if name is found, done!
>        look up name in imports imported into scope
>        if name is found, done!
>        set scope to enclosing scope
>     } while scope exists
>
> I don't know what mental model people have for how lookups work, but the
> above algorithm is how it actually works.

You better write down the scope rules as well. It gets complicated with 
base classes, template mixins and all features available in D.

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/Jacob Carlborg