• bobef <bobef_member pathlink.com> Sep 01 2005
• "Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> Sep 01 2005
• Derek Parnell <derek psych.ward> Sep 01 2005

bobef <bobef_member pathlink.com> writes:

Just thought it would be useful if import directories could be set from the
source files. Maybe something similar to pragma(importdir,"../foo"); I think
this is not compiler specific since D imports don't take path in any form so
maybe it is appropriate...

"Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

"bobef" <bobef_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:df6oep$c32$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Just thought it would be useful if import directories could be set from


 source files. Maybe something similar to pragma(importdir,"../foo"); I


 this is not compiler specific since D imports don't take path in any form


 maybe it is appropriate...


I've gone back and forth with this. The basic problem is it makes the source
files non-portable.

Derek Parnell <derek psych.ward> writes:

On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:00:45 -0700, Walter wrote:

 "bobef" <bobef_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
 news:df6oep$c32$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Just thought it would be useful if import directories could be set from


 source files. Maybe something similar to pragma(importdir,"../foo"); I


 this is not compiler specific since D imports don't take path in any form


 maybe it is appropriate...


 I've gone back and forth with this. The basic problem is it makes the source
 files non-portable.


Agreed. That's why I didn't see much point in putting this functionality
into the Build utility either. I can if somebody really needs it, but it
sounds like a backwards step.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
2/09/2005 8:01:14 AM