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D - Variable stdin conflicts with certain phobos imports

reply DDevil <ddevil functionalfuture.com> writes:
I'm using DMD 0.59.  Try this:

import stream;
import math;

int main()
{
    stdin.readLine();
    return 0;
}

When trying to compile I get:
c:\dmd\bin\..\src\phobos\stream.d(1341): variable stdin conflicts with 
stdio.std in at c:\dmd\bin\..\src\phobos\c\stdio.d(69)

That's not the only combination of imports that will give the error.  I 
seem to get the error with all sorts of variations when stream is imported.

Thanks for any help.

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// DDevil
Mar 09 2003
parent reply Burton Radons <loth users.sourceforge.net> writes:
DDevil wrote:
 I'm using DMD 0.59.  Try this:
 
 import stream;
 import math;
 
 int main()
 {
    stdin.readLine();
    return 0;
 }
 
 When trying to compile I get:
 c:\dmd\bin\..\src\phobos\stream.d(1341): variable stdin conflicts with 
 stdio.std in at c:\dmd\bin\..\src\phobos\c\stdio.d(69)
 
 That's not the only combination of imports that will give the error.  I 
 seem to get the error with all sorts of variations when stream is imported.
Use "stream.stdin" to reference it. This is why I want private imports.
Mar 09 2003
parent DDevil <ddevil functionalfuture.com> writes:
Burton Radons wrote:
 DDevil wrote:
 When trying to compile I get:
 c:\dmd\bin\..\src\phobos\stream.d(1341): variable stdin conflicts with 
 stdio.stdin at c:\dmd\bin\..\src\phobos\c\stdio.d(69)
Use "stream.stdin" to reference it. This is why I want private imports.
I was just playing with importing "string" and "math" and got into a similar situation with atof(). It seems to me that this may be more of a problem with the libraries and error messages rather than the language itself (?). I would think that normally your core libraries should not conflict with each other. (eg. why is there an atof in both string _and_ math? Why is there a stdin in both stream and c.stdio? Shouldn't one import from the other?). With alias you can "fix" normal conflicts... I just wasn't expecting the standard library to conflict with itself. The error messages seem to make sense but are less clear than what you would get out of most C++ compilers when a namespace conflict occurs. GCC will output something like: test.cpp: In function `int main()': test.cpp:16: use of `i' is ambiguous test.cpp:8: first declared as `int Foo::i' here test.cpp:3: also declared as `int Bar::i' here Which shows exactly where you were trying to use the conflicting item and why this is an error in the first place. -- // DDevil
Mar 10 2003