DIP61
| Title: | DIP Template |
|---|---|
| DIP: | 61 |
| Version: | 1 |
| Status: | Draft |
| Created: | 2014-04-26 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-04-26 |
| Author: | Walter Bright |
| Links: | DIP61/Archive — NG discussion that triggered the DIP |
Abstract
Add support for namespaces.
Rationale
Best practices in C++ code increasingly means putting functions and declarations in namespaces. Currently, there is no support in D to call C++ functions in namespaces. The primary issue is that the name mangling doesn't match.
Description
A namespace scope creates a scope with a name, and inside that scope all declarations become part of the namespace scope.
Usage
namespace MyNamespace { int foo(); }
Namespaces can be nested. Declarations in the namespace can be accessed without qualification in the enclosing scope if there is no ambiguity. Ambiguity issues can be resolved by adding the namespace qualifier:
namespace N { int foo(); int bar(); }
namespace M { long foo(); }
bar(); // ok
foo(); // error, ambiguous
N.foo(); // ok
N.bar(); // ok
Name lookup rules are the same as for mixin templates.
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Copyright
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