Talk:Order of import statements

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What about the new syntax?

I'm not sure if this is in 2.060 yet, but dmd in git head supports this syntax, which is more compact:

import std.algorithm, std.range, std.stdio;

And also supports imports within a limited scope, which corresponds better with declaring things near where they are used, as opposed to arbitrary locations like the top of the file:

module MyModule;
void myFunc() {
    foreach (i; 0..100) {
        auto j = i*123;
        import std.stdio;
        writeln(j);
    }
    // cannot use writeln here
}

—Quickfur (talk) 17:14, 17 December 2012 (CET)

I've been using using your syntax for a while, however it does not supports selective imports such as

import
	std.stdio : writeln,
	std.algorithm;

However, that's the content moved from the old wiki (because i find it valuable). I don't feel competent to discuss about best practices, so if you find the topic interesting enough you can post on the forums. If you think this advice is no longer relevant (because of nested imports) you can freely delete that. Shd (talk) 23:53, 17 December 2012 (CET)