foobar:
As others said, the only thing that sort-of makes sense is to
copy/paste *declarations* and even those are different enough
in D that they deserve at least a look over to make sure they
are correct.
We shouldn't promote this "goal" at all especially given that
it isn't even guarantied to be 100% correct in all cases.
Really what we should be promoting is the fact that D is _link_
compatible with C and allows you to use existing C code
_without_ porting it to D.
For various reasons I have translated many times routines,
functions and other small and medium amounts of C code to D. And
in many cases I have used the C std lib functions to circumvent
bugs or limitations or performance problems of Phobos. In both
cases I have found the C functions quite useful, so moving them
into not built-in stuff is bad for me. The risk of using C
functions by mistake is low enough.
Bye,
bearophile
