I think this is not equivalent because in D, this imports all symbols in the pac...

WalterBright · 2025-08-11T03:14:54 1754882094

What I wrote is equivalent to the zig declaration. Google says:

    const my_module = @import("my_module.zig");

    This allows you to access pub (public) declarations from my_module.zig through the my_module identifier.

brabel · 2025-08-11T06:53:40 1754895220

Yes, but how is that equivalent?

Zig:

    const std = @import("std");
    pub fn main() !void {
      // std is like a namespace here
      std.debug.print("Hello, World!\n", .{});
    }

D:

    import std.stdio;
    void main()
    {
      // no namespace here, "writeln" and everything else in "std.stdio" is imported
      writeln("Hello, World!");
    }

The closest to Zig in D would be:

    import io = std.stdio;
    void main()
    {
      io.writeln("Hello, World!");
    }

WalterBright · 2025-08-11T07:24:13 1754897053

You can write in D:

    std.stdio.writeln("Hello, world!");