Re: extern(C++, ns)

[deadalnix via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 19 January 2016 at 20:29:42 UTC, David Nadlinger 
wrote:
While I am not in the mood for mudslinging or making a heated 
discussion out of this, I have to agree with Daniel and Manu 
here. If I remember correctly, you never really provided any 
justification (including during the original discussion back 
when the feature was introduced) as to why just using the 
normal means of name resolution and disambiguation in D – the 
module system – is not good enough for this.

It's fine if you just say "I had a hunch that the added 
complexity would be worth it by making some situations more 
convenient, even though I can't provide a concrete example". Of 
course that might not be particularly persuasive, but it's your 
call in the end. But if you keep dodging the question, this 
discussion will never come to an end.

 — David

Isn't the fact that this is what they do in C++ good enough ? I 
mean, if it wasn't a desirable feature, the C++ code writer would 
probably not have used it.