On 25.04.2009 19:41, bearophile wrote:
I agree that std.io is better than std.stdio and I agree that a *bit* more hierarchical structure in Phobos can be good (but we have to avoid the silly deep nesting of Java libs), like adding one (1) more nesting level (only where it's actually useful and using the current flat structure anywhere possible): std.foo.bar.functionname
I don't mind, as long as it doesn't lead to having to use renamed imports to avoid long FQN, like in Tango. Keeping fully qualified names short is nice in some cases, like when avoiding the conflict between std.date.toString and std.conv.toString.
The reason Java gets away with using many directory levels is that everything is inside a class, so there's always a single-level 'local namespace'. It's almost always either ClassName.member or objectName.member.
When you import it's generally better to qualify imports anyway, helping you to know where each name comes from: from std.foo: bar, Baz.
Yes, but selective imports often cause forward reference errors, so I've more or less stopped using them. They also pollute the name space of modules importing modules that use them, which can be bad for libraries. Of course, both issues are well known bugs.
