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[D-runtime] object_.d's underscore and a couple other questions
Jan 08, 2014
Mike Franklin
Jan 08, 2014
Martin Nowak
Jan 15, 2014
Sean Kelly
January 08, 2014
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Hello,

Just curious, why the underscore object_.d's filename?

Also, why the over-abreviated names like:
TypeInfo_e  // for real
TypeInfo_k  // really? 'k' as in uint?
etc...


I'm guessing there's a good reason, that's why I'm asking.

Thanks,
Mike
January 08, 2014
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On 01/08/2014 12:28 PM, Mike Franklin wrote:
> Also, why the over-abreviated names like:
> TypeInfo_e  // for real
> TypeInfo_k  // really? 'k' as in uint?
> etc...
Comes from D's mangling ( http://dlang.org/abi.html) where k is used for uint and e for real.
January 15, 2014
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On Jan 8, 2014, at 3:28 AM, Mike Franklin <slavo5150@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Just curious, why the underscore object_.d's filename?

Because DMD implicitly imports the “object” module when compiling anything, and depending on the build setup this sometimes meant that object.d was being referenced rather than object.di, which caused a few weird problems.
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