extern(C++, ns) is wrong

[Nicholas Wilson]

On Wednesday, 5 September 2018 at 08:30:25 UTC, Walter Bright 
wrote:
> On 9/4/2018 10:16 PM, Manu wrote:
>> I'm serious, you can have your cake, and potentially, I could 
>> have my
>> cake too, and everybody would be happy... nobody would be sad.
>
> If it is the same,

It is

> I provided solutions in those threads. The incomplete example 
> code did not make use of them.

Those "solutions" do not satisfactorily solve the problem, hence:

>I have to contort my code to undo a thing that should never have 
>been there. It's truly >embarrassing. I can't show this to 
>people.
>
>***I can not present my work to stakeholders with a straight 
>face***

I don't think I could either.

> I don't know why you have "no option" left.

There is one: add it to LDC, which will accept it, see 
https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/issues/2800#issuecomment-410817126 but this is a language feature we (LDC) would rather not have an upstream diff for.

This is a prime example of an industry blocker if ever there was. 
Yes there has been a lot of talking past each other, but surely 
you understand _what_  Manu is wanting even if you seem to think 
that your workarounds (which you called solutions) are 
sufficient. It is backwards compatible and solves a clear need, I 
don't see why this is such a contentious issue.