On 20/03/2009 13:11, Mike Parker wrote:
I understand what you were suggesting. My point is that in Java, which entry point to use is decided at run time, not compile time. From that perspective, it's a useful feature. For a statically compiled language like D, I don't see any obvious benefit. I mean, what is the benefit of this over delegating to a specific pseudo-main method based on a commandline arg or config file?
to add to what Ary and bearophile already said, that can be even more useful if it's combined with D's unittesting features. for example the main() could specify what unit-tests to run and in what order, provide the before & after code, etc..
