On Thursday, 29 November 2012 at 23:02:17 UTC, Walter Bright
wrote:
On 11/30/2012 9:43 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
It is possible for each static constructor to specify
independently of
the other static constructors which imports must be
constructed first.
But do we really want to go that far?
One way to do that might be to borrow syntax from classes:
static this() : std.stdio, a, c
{
...
}
and the this static constructor only requires that modules
std.stdio, a, and c be constructed first.
static this() : void
{
...
}
means it has no dependencies on other imports.
static this()
{
...
}
has the current behavior (all imported modules must be
constructed first).
Why not simplify?
static this()
{
import std.stdio, a, c; // existing syntax
...
}
static this()
{ // no imports -> no dependencies
...
}
The current behavior should just be dropped.
