I'm using DMD 0.59.  Try this:

import stream;
import math;

int main()
{
   stdin.readLine();
   return 0;
}

When trying to compile I get:
c:\dmd\bin\..\src\phobos\stream.d(1341): variable stdin conflicts with stdio.std in at c:\dmd\bin\..\src\phobos\c\stdio.d(69)

That's not the only combination of imports that will give the error.  I seem to get the error with all sorts of variations when stream is imported.

Thanks for any help.

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DDevil wrote:
> I'm using DMD 0.59.  Try this:
> 
> import stream;
> import math;
> 
> int main()
> {
>    stdin.readLine();
>    return 0;
> }
> 
> When trying to compile I get:
> c:\dmd\bin\..\src\phobos\stream.d(1341): variable stdin conflicts with stdio.std in at c:\dmd\bin\..\src\phobos\c\stdio.d(69)
> 
> That's not the only combination of imports that will give the error.  I seem to get the error with all sorts of variations when stream is imported.

Use "stream.stdin" to reference it.  This is why I want private imports.

Burton Radons wrote:
> DDevil wrote:
>> When trying to compile I get:
>> c:\dmd\bin\..\src\phobos\stream.d(1341): variable stdin conflicts with stdio.stdin at c:\dmd\bin\..\src\phobos\c\stdio.d(69)
> 
> Use "stream.stdin" to reference it.  This is why I want private imports.

I was just playing with importing "string" and "math" and got into a similar situation with atof().

It seems to me that this may be more of a problem with the libraries and error messages rather than the language itself (?).  I would think that normally your core libraries should not conflict with each other. (eg. why is there an atof in both string _and_ math? Why is there a stdin in both stream and c.stdio? Shouldn't one import from the other?).

With alias you can "fix" normal conflicts... I just wasn't expecting the standard library to conflict with itself.

The error messages seem to make sense but are less clear than what you would get out of most C++ compilers when a namespace conflict occurs. GCC will output something like:
  test.cpp: In function `int main()':
  test.cpp:16: use of `i' is ambiguous
  test.cpp:8:   first declared as `int Foo::i' here
  test.cpp:3:   also declared as `int Bar::i' here

Which shows exactly where you were trying to use the conflicting item and why this is an error in the first place.

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// DDevil