Tom wrote:
> I know this is not the first time this comes into the light but... I insist.
> 
> Actually (luckily), one can do the following:
> 
> bar.d
> | class Bar {...whatever...} // Aux object
> 
> foo.d
> | private import bar; // Private could be omitted
> |
> | class Foo {...whatever...}
> 
> main.d
> | import foo;
> |
> | void main()
> | {
> |   Foo f = new Foo;
> |   Bar b = new Bar; // Error, private imported in foo.d
> |   ...
> 
> What are the difficulties of implementing in the language the following?
> 
> foo.d
> | private class Bar {...whatever...} // Aux object
> | class Foo {...whatever...}
> 
> main.d
> | import foo;
> |
> | void main()
> | {
> |   Foo f = new Foo;
> |   Bar b = new Bar; // Error, private member of foo.d
> |   ...
> 
> I would love to see this someday.

I would too. I have already been coding like this with the assumption that this is how it is going to work at some point in the future. It is after all the only thing that makes sense.

/Oskar

Tom wrote:
> I know this is not the first time this comes into the light but... I insist.
> 
> Actually (luckily), one can do the following:
> 
> bar.d
> | class Bar {...whatever...} // Aux object
> 
> foo.d
> | private import bar; // Private could be omitted
> |
> | class Foo {...whatever...}
> 
> main.d
> | import foo;
> |
> | void main()
> | {
> |   Foo f = new Foo;
> |   Bar b = new Bar; // Error, private imported in foo.d
> |   ...
> 
> What are the difficulties of implementing in the language the following?
> 
> foo.d
> | private class Bar {...whatever...} // Aux object
> | class Foo {...whatever...}
> 
> main.d
> | import foo;
> |
> | void main()
> | {
> |   Foo f = new Foo;
> |   Bar b = new Bar; // Error, private member of foo.d
> |   ...
> 
> I would love to see this someday.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Tom;
> "Some things have to be believed to be seen."

Vote++

And just to clarify, any kind of 'access' should be checked for protection attributes, including (but not limited to) :

  new Bar()
  Bar b;
  Bar.func()   // fail even if func is accessible
  class Barbee : Bar { }
  template(T : Bar) { }
  template(alias A : Bar) { }
  alias Bar Baz;

It may take a while to implement them all, so they don't have to be implemented all at once (and likely shouldn't), it's the first two or three that are the most important.


-- 
Bruno Medeiros - MSc in CS/E student
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?BrunoMedeiros#D