extern(C++, NS)

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 11/30/2015 10:51 AM, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
> On Monday, 30 November 2015 at 17:38:06 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> It'd be worthwhile to learn how D's name lookup system works before declaring
>> it lame and insufficient:
>
> Nobody has said anything about lame. The issue is that you don't need to know of
> "version1" on the C++ side.

Did you look at the example I posted?

> One purpose is to use the "inline" as a switch, so
> that you can use macros to turn on and off different library subsets. "inline"
> is injected in front of namespaces that are to be accessible in the parent, and
> that injection can be done by a macro.
>
> But on the D side you need to know of "version1" if D does not parse C++
> headers. Which is a maintenance burden.

Please examine the example I gave again before assuming how D works.