C is Brittle D is Plastic

[H. S. Teoh]

On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 08:50:26PM +0100, Timon Gehr via Digitalmars-d wrote:
[...]
> ```d
> import std.stdio;
> 
> string readAndLog(string filename){
>     import std.file;
>     auto text=readText(filename);
>     write(filename," read successfully!\n");
>     return text;
> }
> 
> void main(){
>     writeln(readAndLog("important_data.txt"));
> }
> ```
> 
> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/issues/19272
> 
> So what we have now is a compromise: It's both broken and not entirely
> straightforward.

And the solution will add yet more complication to an already complex
import symbol resolution system. :-D


T

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