ok, this was just weird, turns out if I have a file called object.d in the same directory as another .d file which I am trying to compile I get a weird error message:

D:\D\src\build\temp\a>dmd a.d
d:\D\dmd\bin\..\src\phobos\std\c\stdio.d(164): identifier 'size_t' is not defined

D:\D\src\build\temp\a>dir
 Volume in drive D is BLACKHOLE
 Volume Serial Number is 481E-ADF3

 Directory of D:\D\src\build\temp\a

07/01/2004  12:56p      <DIR>          .
07/01/2004  12:56p      <DIR>          ..
07/01/2004  12:56p                  18 a.d
07/01/2004  12:43p                 135 object.d
               2 File(s)            153 bytes
               2 Dir(s)   1,062,141,952 bytes free
Regan.

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"Regan Heath" <regan@netwin.co.nz> wrote in message news:opsafo2dqr5a2sq9@digitalmars.com...
> ok, this was just weird, turns out if I have a file called object.d in the same directory as another .d file which I am trying to compile I get a weird error message:

It's best to consider the module name 'object' as reserved, since the compiler has a lot of exact expectations for its contents!

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:01:29 -0700, Walter <newshound@digitalmars.com> wrote:
> "Regan Heath" <regan@netwin.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:opsafo2dqr5a2sq9@digitalmars.com...
>> ok, this was just weird, turns out if I have a file called object.d in the
>> same directory as another .d file which I am trying to compile I get a
>> weird error message:
>
> It's best to consider the module name 'object' as reserved, since the
> compiler has a lot of exact expectations for its contents!

I figured that was the case. Can we get some sort of error so this does not happen, i.e. "module name 'object' reserved".

Regan.

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